February 27, 1980 —

THERE WAS LOTS OF FUN and falling when the grades one, two and three students
from Fromme Elementary School paid a visit to Karen Magnussen arena recently.
Many of the students were beginners on skates and the metal ice skooters gave a lot of

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north shore

"THE UNKNOWABLE FUTURE’

New career challeng

By OLGA RUSKIN

It has been said that
today’s education must
-- for the first time --

aim at preparing people
for an unknowable
future. If this is so,
what values, skills and
knowledge should our
schools be teaching?

West Vancouver parents,
teachers and senior students
may gel some of the answers
tomorrow (Thursday, Feb
28) when three experts on
career present
their during an
Eeducavon Forum in Hillside
Secondary School,
ning at 7? JOp m

Speakers are

education
views

begin-

Bruce
Pepper, managing director
of the Vancouver Board of
Trade. Dr Richard Young.

assistant professor, UBC
faculty of education and
David Renwick, on leave as
principal of Vancouver
Technical Secondary School
to the Ministry of Education
to help with
preparation policies

The Fducation Forum ts a
joint presentahion of the
West Vancouver School
Board and the West Van-
couver Parents Association
and provides all who are
interested an opportunity for
public

career

discussion oof im
portant educational issues.
School Lilian
Thersch, chairman of the
Forum said that the West
Vancouver School Board 1s

Trustee

considering the whole
question of the need for a
Careet preparation program
and what is relevant in such

a program to the school

district because of the

emphasis being placed upon
itin B.C. today

LACK
BASIC SKILLS

The movement for career
education has arisen as a
result of criticism levelled at
the presént educational
system. Critics point out that
too many students finishing
high school lack the basic
academic skills needed to

adapt to today’s rapidly
changing society
Education, the  critis

claim, meets the educabonal
needs of a minority group,
those that go on to universily
and not the needs of the vast
mayority of students
Recently.
Minister

Education
Bnan Smith an
nounced a major drive to

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well needed support for those rubbery ankles. The teachers and parents who par-

ticipated seemed to be able to stay on thelr feet and enjoy themselves as well. (Terry
Peters photo)

provide increased = op-
portunities for career and
vocational training in B.C.
secondary schools.

The program is_ being
aimed al the students who do
not wish to go oon to
university to obtain
professional training (here
Such students can take
elective courses in Grades
1) and 12 for career training
programs
standard
graduation certificate

towards their

secondary school

This new Carecr
preparation program is
expected to be operational
by September 1980) In such
a program ai (srade 12

student will have ao work

experience component fw

allow him to become aware
of and learn the skills) and

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