DOUGLAS COLLEGE PHILOSOPHY

The following statement is a comprehensive summation

of a number of documents and informal stances adopted by the
College since 1970. This statement confirms the keystone policy
statement to which instructional and educational policies of the
present and future can be appended. It also provides a baseline,
against which policies, rules and regulations can be compared.

Bill Day, Dean of Curriculum

Summary Statement of College Philosophy

 

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The College's purpose is to offer opportunities for organized
learning.

The College provides learning opportunities in order to:

4. assist students to develop a social awareness and
consckence;

di. akkow students to better themselves and their
communities through increased knowkedge and skills;

ith, assist Students to become employable or to enhance
their social on economic opportunities and status;

div. enable students to fully express their creative
potential in aesthetic as well as applied pursurts.

The College organizes a readily accessible, comprehensive set of
learning opportunities. It provides for the student who is not
intending to move to other institutions and for the student who

does use the College as a "stepping stone" to universities, vocational
schools, or technical institutes.

The College provides a wide range of learning experiences and
therefore limits its commitment to any one program or field of
learning activities.
The College exists to serve its defined region and its constituent
communities. For that reason, it provides, through its curriculum
and facilities, opportunities for the College to be a major community
centre for:
4. academic and occupational,

dd. athhetic,

AAA, cultural, and

dv. sockak activities.

Facilities are developed in consultation with local governments and
community groups.

The College views the development of a society of self-teachers as
the ultimate goal of organized learning. It therefore works to lessen
the dependence of students upon the College as an institution.