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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1989.
"IT WILL NEED, IN PARTICULAR, A UNDERSTANDING OF THE FACT THAT THE SYSTEM NO DID IN THE 1950'S OR 60's.
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'AS A COMMUNITY WE NEED TO FACE SQUARELY, AND ACCEPT WITHOUT REGRET, THE FACT THAT. EDUCATION IS NO LONGER THE PRIVILEGE OF A SELECT MINORITY.
"IT IS EVERY CHILD'S RIGHT. AND THAT MEANS A MORE READY ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF ABILITY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY IS TO BE FOUND IN OUR SCHOOLS AS A RESULT OF THE MASSIVE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENTS OF THE 1970'S AND 80'S."
MR WINFIELD TOLD THE CONFERENCE THAT ACADEMIC POTENTIAL NO LONGER BE THE MAIN YARDSTICK TO MEASURE A CHILD'S PROGRESS.
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AS IT WAS POINTLESS AND CROSSLY UNFAIR TO TRY TO FIT EVERY CHILD INTO THE SAME EDUCATION MOULD, HE BELIEVED A GREATER DIVERSITY IN THE LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM WAS NECESSARY NOT SO MUCH IN THE VARIETY OF INSTITUTIONS AVAILABLE AS IN THE VARIETY OF PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AVAILABLE TO TEACHERS AND SCHOOL HEADS.
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"TO SOME EXTENT, THIS IMPLIES GREATER SPECIALISATION, SINCE IT IS CLEARLY UNREALISTIC TO EXPECT ALL TEACHERS TO BE ABLE ΤΟ RESPOND WITH EQUAL SUCCESS TO ALL SITUATIONS WHICH MIGHT ARISE IN A SYSTEM OF MASS EDUCATION. HE SAID.
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NOTING THAT THE AIM OF THE CONFERENCE WAS "TO PROMOTE CONTINUOUS GROWTH AND ENCOURAGE SCHOOL-BASED INITIATIVES TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF THE 1990'S". MR WINFIELD SAID SCHOOL-BASED WORK COULD FLOURISH FEST WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL WAS PERCEIVED AS A UNIO COMMUNITY.
HE SAID THE SKILLS DERIVED BY TEACHERS FROM SUCH WORK WERE ALWAYS TRANSFERABLE, WITH MODIFICATION WHERE NECESSARY, ΤΟ OTHER SITUATIONS IN OTHER SCHOOLS.
HOWEVER, HE REMINDED THE PARTICIPANTS THAT THE GREATER THE DEGREE OF FREEDOM CREATED WITHIN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY BY SCHOOL-BASED WORK, THE GREATER THE DEGREE OF RESPONSIBILITY WHICH HEADS AND TEACHERS MUST EXERCISE IN DISCHARGING THEIR PROFESSIONAL DUTIES EFFECTIVELY.
"RESPONSIBILITY LIES AT THE ROOTS OF PROFESSIONALISM, MR WINFIELD SAID. "INDEED, IT 19 THE READY ACCEPTANCE OF RESPONSIBILITY WHICH MAKES THE PRACTICE OF A PROFESSION INTELLECTUALLY AND EMOTIONALLY REWARDING.
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