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Session 17
The Challenges
of Educating Students via Video Conferencing: the Hutterian
Experience
Session Description:
The Challenges of Educating
Students via Video Conferencing: the Hutterian Experience - This
session will concentrate on the challenges of accommodating the
Hutterite way of life to enable students to acquire a relevant
high school education. The high school courses incorporate many
discussions and assignments which bring in the Hutterite
experience and allow students to relate their way of life to
what they are learning. This has contributed toward the success
of the students and convinced parents and colony leaders that a
high school education is relevant for Hutterites.
Our experiences will provide some insight for others to
replicate the program in other jurisdictions dealing with other
cultures.
Presenter:
Anna Maendel
Anna Maendel - Anna has been the teacher/principal at Fairholme
School since 1985 and has been working with video conference
course delivery since 1995-96 school year. She has been an
advisor to the Brandon University Hutterian Education Program (BUHEP)
since 1995. BUHEP has been successfully providing a teacher
education program targeted specifically to the needs of
Hutterian students since its inception.
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