Young Business Creative – a new high school

Yesterday I had a good visit with Hans Renman, principal of a new high school outside of Stockholm where all the students are equiped with Apple computers. Hans was able to plan his school from scratch with the vison of transferring motivation from teachers to students. The new technology helps, giving the students more control of what, where and how they learn, but, of course, it is a process for teachers and students alike to think differently. The environment was very unusal with lots of open spaces, meeting places and rooms of various sizes. The days are divided into seminars and project groups. With Hans passion, vision and obvious excitement I am sure good things will happen. Already the school is attracting visits from around Sweden and so far eleven different countries. It is time to look for new solutions to learning and schooling.

Sweden, where I live, is an interesting school country, partly because Swedes are good a technology but also good at humanistic values. That combination is rather unique and there is a honest attempt (not always successful but they try) for a democratic education based on the whole person approach and getting the students involved in their learning. 

http://www.ybc-nacka.se