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Articles and Interviews
A lot has been written about democratic education in theory and practice. Here is a small collection of interesting articles by students, teachers, researchers and academics.
If you know of others, please add them in the appropriate section.
Dutch language
- Spelenderwijs
- ODE article about the Sudbury Valley School
- Opleiding tot Verantwoord Burger - ODE article about the Sudbury Valley School founders Daniel and Hanna Greenberg.
- Een échte vrije school - ODE article about Summerhill
- De Vrijheid van de Sudbury Valley school - vijfendertig jaar ervaringen en inzichten. (2003) Estarte.
Christel Hartkamp-Bakker
- De Kampanje, Sudbury Valley School in Nederland (2009) Cyclus-Garant, Belgium.
English language
Rachel Roberts
- Guardian article: Utopian thinking: why not put children in charge of their schools
- "The Day" Article: Why I believe children should run schools
Simone Haenen
Jacqueline van Ewijk
David Gribble
Derry Hannam
- Hannam report on research - Libertarian Education
- Talk given by Derry Hannam at the opening of the EUDEC 2008 conference, Leipzig, Germany
- Research on Democratic Schools
- Review of Research into Children's Rights based Education
Ian Cunningham
- Democratic Education - some notes towards defining the term
- Personalising Through Self Managed Learning
- The problem of treating young people as children – the Caterpillar to Butterfly Fallacy.
Leonard Turton
Others
- Education: Class Dismissed - Article by Hara Estroff Marano in Psychology Today
- Freedom to Learn - Articles by Peter Gray, a research professor of psychology at Boston College, is a specialist in developmental and evolutionary psychology.
- In Kids we Trust - ODE article about the Sudbury Valley School.
- School for Life - ODE article about the Sudbury Valley School founders Daniel and Hanna Greenberg.
- Free School - ODE article about Summerhill
- List of Publications by Ton Jorg - A Dutch scientist from the IVLOS University of Utrecht with focus on complexity thinking.
- ‘CONVERSATIONS FOR CHANGE’: Interview on democratic education with Rachel Roberts
see also: http://www.educationrevolution.org/articles.html
and https://www.self-directed.org/tipping-points/
Estonian lanugage
- Article about principals of dem ed in teachers' newspaper Õpetajate Leht. Helin Haga and Katrin Saage
- Article about dem ed in local newspaper Pärnu Postimees. Marta Lotta Kukk
- Radio show about dem ed in popular radio channel Vikerraadio. Katrin Saage and Helin Haga
- TV show in TallinnTV. Katrin Saage and Marta Lotta Kukk
- Podcast channel about dem ed. Helin Haga and Katrin Saage
German language
- Die Kinder von Givat Olga - Text über die Demokratische Schule in Hadera und die Schule in Givat Olga, von Raban Witt in der Wochenzeitung Jungle World, Nr. 34, 20. August 2009
- Demokratischer Bildungswandel - Israels positive Erfahrungen. Ein Plädoyer für mehr Freiheit im deutschen Bildungsbereich] Demokratisierungsprozesse in Israel und positive Schlüsse aus Rückschlägen und Erfolgen, von Marco Riccato, Februar 2011
- Die Angst, dass nichts gelernt wird, von Krischan Müller, Schüler der SchülerInnenschule
Hungarian language
- Látogatás Summerhillben, 2010. október 4-5. - Fóti Péter
- Valódi demokratikus intézmények az iskolákban a diákönkormányzatok helyett- Fóti Péter
- A hiányzó láncszem- Fóti Péter
- Miért van szükség radikális iskolareformra?- Fóti Péter
- Gyerekek és papagájok- Fóti Péter
Italian language
Francesco Codello
Irene Stella
- Una scuola dove decidono i bambini
- Resoconto Idec@eudec 2011
- Liberi di imparare
- In visita alla scuola Kapriole di Friburgo
- Educazione e transizione
- Educare al cambiamento
Altri
- Liberi di impararedi Antonio Vigilante
- http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Esteri/2005/08_Agosto/28/valentino.shtml dal Corriere della Sera
- Montessori, Stenineriane e libertarie, il boom delle scuole alternative da Repubblica
- Arriva a Roma la scuola libertaria da Paesesera
Spanish language
- La perspectiva de David Gribble sobre la educación y las escuelas democráticas Por David Gribble
- Toma de decisiones democrática en las escuelas Por David Gribble
- El Cubo. Discurso de apertura EUDEC 2008 Por Leonard Turton
- ¿Qué entendemos por Educación Democratica?.Por Josu Uztarroz
- Educación Democrática y cambio social en el siglo XXI Por Josu Uztarroz
- Video: haz oir tu voz, descubre la Educación Democrática
- ¿De qué va esto de la Educación Democrática? Por Josu Uztarroz
- Sólo la autonomía te prepara para la autonomía.Por Michael Sappir
- Los padres también somos personas. Por Michele Bach
- 10 cosas que tú puedes hacer para apoyar la Educación Democrática
- Summerhill cumple 90 años Por Zoë Readhead