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please post to http://groups.diigo.com/group/ccreflect from now on & refer back to http://groups.diigo.com/group/cctnetwrok for posts before 14 April '12

"connections that promote personal & professional development, community building & mutual support, educational-innovation & reflective practice activities (associated with online community building at http://cct.wikispaces.com) CCReflect derives from Critical, Creative & Reflective Practice or Connect, Create-Change & Reflect or..."

A portal into the realm of democratic education, which includes the Sudbury Valley School. "Matt Hern, director of the Purple Thistle Centre, an alternative to school project in Vancouver, British Columbia, described nine characteristics of democratic schools in his book Field Day: non-compulsory academics, democratic self-government, self-regulation, non-graded evaluations, non-compulsory attendance, focus on emotional/social development, non-hierarchy of activities, broad interpretations of learning, and the importance of play (pp. 177-178)."