El Profesor Steven Page, en Cambridge

I chose "The Wider Curriculum" and along with a lady from Indonesia we delivered our presentations and then along with three other Heads we responded to questions from the rest of the group and interested Cambridge personnel.
I started with two quotes the first from Mr. B. Green. He frequently was heard to say, "The quality of the person is to be judged not only by his knowledge but by his/her moral integrity and values". This was followed by the story of a learned teacher who was once invited to give a talk at a prestigious university… he accepted with great pleasure. Before the conference, he was given a tour through the different sections of the building, and was thoroughly informed about the varied teaching materials and means the University used to educate its students. The teacher was amazed; such things did not exist in his time. When he rose to address the audience that filled the auditorium, he was as usual brief. He said: "Laboratories and libraries, machines, programs, modern systems, wise words, techniques and conferences; huge buildings…all this is useless without an honest, pure heart and an intelligent outlook." This is the Wider Curriculum.
How do we structure our schools, what do we seek? We look for successful learners, confident individuals and responsible citizens and contributors to society. The latter two are certainly concerned with the Wider Curriculum.



El Profesor Page durante su reciente visita a Cambridge, en el marco del 3rd International Advisory Seminar, organizado por CIE