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African proverb that ‘ it takes a village to raise a child ’. It ’ s the antithesis of the old teaching model where a student comes in , takes a course and leaves . What we ’ re trying to work towards is a ‘ village ’, part physical and part virtual , where the student can encounter professors and also people from different professions , some of them retired perhaps , who want to mentor and indeed learn from new students .”
He sketches a campfire scene round which young people learn from the people who have done the job or lived the experience in the
past ; sharing experiences , but also reaching out to others from different disciplines . “ You might introduce somebody into the village that has financial background to a group that ’ s talking about architecture questions or a marketing person to come in and help take ideas out into the community , or socialise them . It takes more than just a few professors to make a difference for a person . It ’ s the whole experience , involving a variety of people and materials that they could experiment with ,” says Gilbert .
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