Books
Many books have been written about democratic education. Here our members curate lists of recommended reading in different languages.
Table of contents
Dutch
Appleton, M. (2005) Jeugd in Vrijheid - Zelfbeschikking op de Summerhill School. Oosterbeek, Uitgeverij Syntax Media.
Greenberg, D. a.o. (2003) De Vrijheid van de Sudbury Valley School - Vijfendertig jaar ervaringen en inzichten. Alphen aan de Rijn, Uitgeverij Astarte.
Hartkamp-Bakker, C.A. (2009). De Kampanje, Sudbury Valley School in Nederland. Antwerpen, Belgium, Maklu en Garant Uitgevers.
Gerelateerde boeken (Niet over Democratisch Onderwijs)
Rogers, C. (1973) Leren in vrijheid. Haarlem: Uitgeverij De Toorts.
Wild, R. (1994) In vrijheid leren. Heemstede, Altamira.
Wild, R. (2002) Kwaliteit van leven voor kinderen en andere mensen. Amsterdam, SWP.
English
Recommended first reading
Bennis, Dana M. / Graves, Isaac R. (2009) (ed.). The Directory of Democratic Education, third edition, http://democraticeducation.com/
Greenberg, Daniel (1995). Free at last: The Sudbury Valley School. Framingham, MA: Sudbury Valley School Press.
Neill, A. S. (1960). Summerhill: A radical approach to child-rearing. New York: Hart Pub. Co.
Other books
Appleton, M. (2000). A free-range childhood: Self regulation at Summerhill School. Brandon, VT: Foundation for Educational Renewal.
Avrich, P. (1980/2005) The Modern School movement: Anarchism and education in the United States. Oakland, CA: AK Press.
Ayers, W.. (2003). On the side of the child: Summerhill revisited. New York: Teachers College Press.
Bergmann, F. (1977). On being free. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press.
Berman, C. (1994). The School Around Us: 25 years. Buxton, ME: Buxton Press.
Biesta, G. (2006). Beyond learning: democratic education for a human future. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers.
Croall, J. (1983): All the best, Neill. Letters from Summerhill. London, UK: André Deutsch.
Deci, E. L., & Flaste, R. (1995). Why we do what we do: Understanding self-motivation. New York: Penguin Books.
Dennison, G. (1969). The lives of children; The story of the First Street School. New York: Random House.
Dewey, J. (1916/1997) Democracy and education. New York: The Free Press.
Dewey, J. (1938). Experience and education. New York: Collier MacMillan Publishers.
Dewey, J., & Dewey, E. (1915). Schools of To-Morrow. New York: EP Dutton & Co.
Eisler, R. (2000). Tomorrow’s children: A blueprint for partnership education in the 21st century. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
Ferm. E. (2005). Freedom in education. Indiana, PA: Factory School.
Fortune-Wood, J. (2000). Doing it their way: Home-based education and autonomous learning. Nottingham, England: Educational Heretics Press.
Freire, P. (1970). Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York: Continuum.
Gatto, J. (1992). Dumbing us down: The hidden curriculum of compulsory schooling. Gabriola Island, Canada: New Society Publishers.
Graubard, A. (1972). Free the children: Radical reform and the free school movement. New York: Vintage Books.
Greenberg, Daniel (2000). A clearer view: New insights into the Sudbury School model. Framingham, MA: Sudbury Valley School Press.
Greenberg, Daniel / Sadofsky, Mimsy / Lempka, Jason (2005). The pursuit of happiness: The lives of Sudbury Valley alumni. Framingham, MA: Sudbury Valley School Press.
Gregory, T. (1993). Making high school work: Lessons from the Open School. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
Gribble, David (2004). Lifelines. Bristol, UK: Libertarian Education.
Gribble, David (1998). Real education: Varieties of freedom. Bristol, UK: Libertarian Education.
Gribble, David (2006). Worlds apart. Bristol, UK: Libertarian Education.
Harrison, S. (2002). The happy child: Changing the heart of education. Boulder, CO: Sentient Publications.
Hecht, Yaacov (2010). Democratic education: A Beginning of a Story. (see http://www.educationrevolution.org/yaacov.html)
Hern, M. (2003). Field day: Getting society out of our lives. Vancouver, BC, Canada: New Star Books.
Holt, John (1995). Freedom and beyond (Rev. ed.). Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook Publishers.
Holt, John (1964/1995). How children fail. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press.
Holt, John (1967/1995). How children learn. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press.
Illich, Ivan (1971/1999) Deschooling society. London, UK: Marion Boyars Publishers.
Kozol, J. (1972). Free schools. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Krishnamurti, J. (1953/1981) Education and the significance of life. San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco.
Lamb, A. (1992). The new Summerhill. London, UK: Penguin Books.
Lane, H. (1969). Talks to parents and teachers. New York: Schocken Books.
Leue, M. (1992). Challenging the giant: The best of skole: The journal of alternative education vol. 1. Ashfield, MA: Down-to-Earth Books.
Leue, M. (1994). Challenging the giant: The best of skole: The journal of alternative education vol. 2. Ashfield, MA: Down-to-Earth Books.
Leue, M. (1996). Challenging the giant: The best of skole: The journal of alternative education vol. 3. Ashfield, MA: Down-to-Earth Books.
Leue, M. (2000). Challenging the giant: The best of skole: The journal of alternative education vol. 4. Ashfield, MA: Down-to-Earth Books.
Llewellyn, G. (1997). The teenage liberation handbook: How to quit school and get a real life & education. Shaftesbury, Dorset, UK: Element Books Limited.
Mercogliano, C. (2006). How to grow a school: Starting and sustaining schools that work. New York, NY: Oxford Village Press.
Mercogliano, C. (2007). In defense of childhood: Protecting kids' inner wildness. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.
Mercogliano, C. (1998). Making it up as we go along: The story of the Albany Free School. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Press.
Mercogliano, C. (2004). Teaching the restless: One school’s remarkable no-ritalin approach to helping children learn and succeed. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.
Miller, R. (2000). Creating learning communities: Models, resources, and new ways of thinking about teaching and learning. Brandon. VT: The Foundation for Educational Renewal.
Miller, R. (2002). Free schools, free people: Education and democracy after the 1960s. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
Miller, R. (1997). What are schools for?: Holistic education in American culture. Brandon, VT: Holistic Education Press.
Mintz, Jerry (2003). Homework and recess all day: How to have freedom and democracy in education. New York: Bravura Books.
Morrison, K. (2007). Free school teaching: A journey into radical progressive education. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
Neill, A. S. (1916). A dominie's log. London, UK: Herbert Jenkins.
Neill, A. S. (1917). A dominie dismissed. London, UK: Herbert Jenkins.
Neill, A. S. (1921). A dominie in doubt. London, UK: Herbert Jenkins.
Neill, A. S. (1923). A dominie abroad. London, UK: Herbert Jenkins.
Neill, A. S. (1924). A dominie’s five. London, UK: Herbert Jenkins.
Neill, A. S. (1926). The problem child. London, UK: Herbert Jenkins.
Neill, A. S. (1932). The problem parent. London, UK: Herbert Jenkins.
Neill, A. S. (1936). Is Scotland educated?. London, UK: Routledge.
Neill, A. S. (1937). That dreadful school. London, UK: Herbert Jenkins.
Neill, A. S. (1939). The problem teacher. London, UK: Herbert Jenkins.
Neill, A. S. (1945). Hearts not heads in the school. London, UK: Herbert Jenkins.
Neill, A. S. (1949). The problem family. London, UK: Herbert Jenkins.
Neill, A. S. (1953). The free child. London, UK: Herbert Jenkins.
Neill, A. S. (1966). Freedom – not license. New York, NY: Hart Publishing Company.
Neill, A. S. (1967). Talking of Summerhill. London, UK: Gollancz.
Neill, A. S. (1973). Neill! Neill! orange peel!: A personal view of ninety years. London, UK: Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
Placzek, B. R. (1981). Record of a friendship: The correspondence of Wilhelm Reich and A. S. Neill. London, UK: Gollancz.
Robert, H. M. (1951/1915). Robert’s rules of order: Revised. Chicago, IL: Scott, Foresman and Company.
Rogers, C. and Freiberg, H. J. (1994). Freedom to learn, 3rd Ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Rousseau, J. J. & R. L. Archer. (1964). Jean Jacques Rousseau: His educational theories selected from Émile, Julie and other writings. (R.L. Archer, Trans.). Woodbury, NY: Barron’s Educational Series, Inc. (Original work published 1762)
Sadofsky, M. & Greenberg, D. (1992). The Sudbury Valley School experience. Framingham, MA: Sudbury Valley School Press.
Sadofsky, M. & Greenberg, D. (1994). Kingdom of childhood: Growing up at Sudbury Valley School. Framingham, MA: Sudbury Valley School Press.
Sadofsky, M. & Greenberg, D. (1998). Reflections on the Sudbury School concept. Framingham, MA: Sudbury Valley School Press.
Sego Lily School. (2006). Trusting children: A look at Sudbury education around the world. Salt Lake City, UT: Sego Lily School.
Smith, M. P. (1983). The libertarians and education. London: George Allen & Unwin.
Snitzer, H. (1972). Today is for children: Numbers can wait. New York: The Macmillan Company.
Spring, J. (1975/1998). A Primer of Libertarian Education. Montreal: Black Rose Books.
Spring, J. (1994). Wheels in the head: Educational philosophies of authority, freedom, and culture from Socrates to Paulo Freire. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc.
Tolstoy, L. (1862/1967). Tolstoy on education. (L. Wiener, Trans.). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Vaughn, M. (2004). Summerhill & A.S. Neill. Maidenhead, Berkshire, UK: Open University Press
Vygotsky, L. S. (1978). Mind in society: The development of higher psychological processes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Ward, C. (1995). Talking Schools. London: Freedom Press.
see also:
- http://www.idenetwork.org/democratic-education-books.htm
- http://democraticeducation.com/resources/suggested-reading-list-books/
- http://www.edrev.org/products.html
- Sudbury Valley School Press, http://sudburypress.com/
German
Bücher über Demokratische Schulen
Appleton, M. (2003): Summerhill Kindern ihre Kindheit zurückgeben. Demokratie und Selbstregulierung in der Erziehung, Schneider, Baltmannsweiler
Backhaus, Axel / Knorre, Simone in Zusammenarbeit mit Brügelmann, Hans / Schiemann, Elena (Hrsg.) (2008): Demokratische Grundschule - Mitbestimmung von Kindern über ihr Leben und Lernen, Band zur Tagung "Demokratische Grundschule" an der Universität Siegen, Arbeitsgruppe Primarstufe/FB2. Universität: Siegen, 464 Seiten, http://www.agprim.uni-siegen.de/demogs/buchdemogs.htm
Greenberg, Daniel (2004): Endlich frei! Leben und Lernen an der Sudbury-Valley-Schule, Arbor-Verlag, Freiamt
Greenberg, Daniel u.a. (2005): Die Sudbury Valley School. Eine neue Sicht auf das Lernen, tologo verlag, Leipzig
Greenberg, Daniel (2006): Ein klarer Blick, tologo verlag, Leipzig
Gribble, David (2000): Schule im Aufbruch. Neue Wege des Lernens in der Praxis, Arbor-Verlag, 301 Seiten, ISBN-10: 3924195595
Kittel, Rut (2006): Demokratische Bildung in der Diskussion - Am Beispiel des Sudbury-Schulkonzeptes, Grin Verlag, München
Mintz, Jerry (2008): Keine Hausaufgaben und den ganzen Tag Pause. Wie es Bildung in Freiheit und Demokratie geben kann, tologo verlag, Leipzig
Neill, A. S. (1950): Selbstverwaltung in der Schule, Pan, Zürich
Neill, A. S. (1974): Theorie und Praxis der antiautoritären Erziehung. Das Beispiel Summerhill, Rowohlt, Reinbek
Neill, A. S. (1986): Das Prinzip Summerhill. Fragen und Antworten, Argumente, Erfahrungen, Ratschläge, Rowohlt, Reinbek
Bücher über Themen, die auch einen Bezug zu Demokratischen Schulen haben
Bourdieu, P. / Passeron, J.-C. (1971): Die Illusion der Chancengleichheit. Untersuchungen zur Soziologie des Bildungswesens am Beispiel Frankreichs. Klett, Stuttgart
Freire, P. (1972): Die Pädagogik der Unterdrückten, Kreuz-Verlag, Stuttgart
Freire, P. (1974): Erziehung als Praxis der Freiheit, Stuttgart-Berlin
Freire, P. (1980): Dialog als Prinzip, Wuppertal
Fromm, E. (1976): Haben oder Sein. Die seelischen Grundlagen einer neuen Gesellschaft, Deutsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH, Stuttgart
Fromm, E. (1991): Wege aus einer kranken Gesellschaft. Eine sozialpsychologische Untersuchung, DTV, München
Gläser, J. (1920): Vom Kinde aus: Arbeiten des Pädagogischen Ausschusses der Gesellschaft der Freunde des vaterländischen Schul- und Erziehungswesens zu Hamburg, Westemann, Hamburg
Holt, John (1971): Wie Kinder lernen, Beltz, Weinheim
Illich, I. (1972): Entschulung der Gesellschaft, Kösel-Verlag GmbH & Co, München
Kozol, J. (1973): Free Schools. Schule und Gegenschule, Otto Maier Verlag, Ravensburg
Neuhäuser, H. / Rülcker, T. (Hrsg.) (2000): Demokratische Reformpädagogik. Peter Lang Verlag Frankfurt / M.
Park, Eunhong (2003): Ist Lernen steuerbar?, Dissertation, FU Berlin, Online
Paulsen, W. (1926): Die Überwindung der Schule: Begründung und Darstellung der Gemeinschaftsschule, Leipzig
Pestalozzi, J.-H. (2006): Wie Gertrud ihre Kinder lehrt. WfB Verlagsgruppe, Bad Schwartau
Reich, K. (2006): Konstruktivistische Didaktik - ein Lehr- und Studienbuch, Beltz-Verlag, Weinheim
Reichen, Jürgen: Lesen durch Schreiben, bei Lehrer-Online
Hungarian
A.S. Neill: Summerhill - A pedagógia csendes forradalma / 2004 Kétezeregy kiadó
John Holt: Iskolai kudarcok / Gondolat kiadó 1991
Fóti Péter: Útmutató rebellis tanároknak / Saxum Kiadó 2009
Italian
Codello, F. and Stella, I. (2011). Liberi di Imparare. Florence, Italy: Terra Nuova Edizioni.
Portuguese
Singer, Helena: Republica de Crianças: sobre experiências democráticas de resistência