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The sum of human knowledge and the complexity of human
problems are perpetually increasing; therefore every generation must
overhaul its educational methods if time is to be found for what is
new.
Bertrand Russell
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Introduction
the
blue crane college
for art, science and ecological studies
The concept of the
Blue Crane school arose from a need to continue the increasing and successful
practice of non-coercive, and what can be loosely described as progressive
and alternative education for juniors, into tertiary and life long education.
It is not the purpose
of the Blue Crane to reinvent the wheel. The use of quotations and references
throughout this web site are to illustrate the existing philosophies
that govern the college.
Tertiary and life
long education is best described by the World Bank statement:
"Tertiary
education as a term thus envisages a range of programmes and institutions
having varying missions, styles and outcomes. This is a much broader
reach than most conventional coverage of programmes and learning beyond
secondary education. The breadth and diversity of tertiary education
comfortably place it as one stage or level in an inter-connected progression
of learning beginning in the early years and extending throughout
adult life, i.e. as a part of lifelong learning. On this view, tertiary
education is seen to accommodate learners with different motives,
in different forms of study and at different times in their lives:
foundation learning, for all students of any age, now conceived more
broadly to encompass the need to better prepare graduates to undertake
re-learning over their lifetime; expanded options, for young secondary
school graduates who now require advanced level skills, knowledge
and dispositions; second chance for older adults who missed the opportunity
when they were younger; second bite for graduates, now seen as the
most rapidly growing need".
Location
Qinera
River, East London
Eastern Cape, South Africa
The name 'Blue Crane'
was chosen as being an important symbol of South Africa and the logo
is derived from a South African rock painting.
Quotes used throughout this web site come from:
"The Freethinkers’ Guide
to the Educational Universe"
A Selection of Quotations on Education Compiled by Roland Meighan
(reproduced with permission).
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