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Successful Conference on Alternative Education in Toledo, Spain



From 22-28 August the annual conference for alternative education was held in Toledo Spain.Five hundred people from all over Spain and also from countries like Germany, Holland, France, England, Ireland and Finland gathered to discuss and exchange about alternative education in the broadest sense. Attendants were from various backgrounds, such as democratic schools, home education, science, regular education and many more.
This year, Eudec was co-hosting the event and took care of a number of presentations like ‘Online Learning’ by Marco, ‘Pedagogy of Trust’ by Christel, 'Student Voice' by Derry, ‘Experience of an Alumni of a Sudbury School’, by Simone, ‘Beyond Coercive Education’, by Peter, ‘Eudec’ by Peter and Lena. Also there were a large number of high-quality workshops on education topics and on art and music and a very impressive open podium. The number of attendants almost doubled compared to last year, including now also many more students and children. It looks like also in Spain, the need and drive for alternative education is growing fast.

If you want to get involved, attend EVAE 2017 (also near Madrid) or want to know more about Democratic Education in Spain you can get in touch with the regional contact: Daragh Mc Inerney: daraghmci at hotmail.com. If you want to know more or check out the workshop descriptions, here is their Blog.
Peter Hartkamp