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Slow Down And Smell The Eucalypts: Blue Gum Community School And The Slow Education Movement, Stephen J. Smith
Slow Down And Smell The Eucalypts: Blue Gum Community School And The Slow Education Movement, Stephen J. Smith
Journal of Global Education and Research
This paper investigates and analyses the features of a non-mainstream pedagogy, educational context and learning environment by presenting a counter-model which contrasts with the currently dominant educational project, an emergent global educational movement known as the Slow Education Movement. It demonstrates how the associated principles and praxes of a particular ethos and its philosophical foundations guide teaching and learning. Set against the background of the Slow Education Movement, the paper draws on a case study to illustrate some of the foundational principles and practices of that movement. The paper outlines the educational ethos, philosophy, processes and practices of Blue Gum …