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SPEAKER #1: THE RENEWAL OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES IN EXISTING URBAN COMMUNITIESJohn M. Mayfield Danton
Services International John Mayfield has had a long involvement with Education as a teacher and senior administrator. On graduation he was appointed to the Adelaide Boys High School from which he gained promotions in the State Education service to Science teaching positions at South Australian Secondary Schools. In 1967 he was awarded to a Churchill Fellowship to study Science Education in several countries. He returned to South Australia where he was appointed as a Consultant and later Superintendent in Education. In 1970-72, accompanied by his family, he studied at Harvard Graduate School of Education in the USA gaining his Doctorate Degree. John Mayfield returned to South Australia where he held senior positions in the State Education Department including Director of Facilities and Deputy Director General Education from 1982-89. During this period, he was elected a Fellow of the Australian College of Education and held numerous State and National appointments including President of the Adelaide College of Advanced Education, Chair of various committees of the Australian Schools Commission and (Acting) Director General of Technical and Further Education in South Australia. In 1989, he was seconded as Senior Advisor to the Department of Premier and Cabinet where he helped develop the proposals which gained the MFP-Australia Project for South Australia. From 1990 to 1994, he held the position of Manager of Education Business Development in the MFP-Australian Project from which he retired to establish Danton Services International offering a range of Educational consulting services. John has had a long involvement with the OECD Program on Educational Buildings based in Paris. He has held positions of Chairman of the 21 nation steering committee and Senior International Consultant to the Program. Community Service: John Mayfield has been active in the service of the community. He served a term as an elected member of the East Torrens District Council, has been a member of the Council and Trustee of the Pembroke School in South Australia, a Director of the Rotary Club of Adelaide, a Member of the Board of Aged Care and Housing Group and the Trustee for Science for the Alumni Association of the University of Adelaide. SYNOPSIS: · Consensus is emerging about the attributes of an educational service appropriate for a community of the 21st century. · The attributes of such a service are as follows… · Illustration of services and facilities in two new communities · Main Focus of the Presentation: Now, how do we transfer these attributes into an existing urban community? What strategies can be identified? What are the conditions which seem to be necessary for successful TRANSFORMATION of the services and facilities in an existing urban setting? · An example of work in progress in two Australian urban communities · A generalization for discussion. |
