Ideas and schools that offer a different way to organize learning, including the democratic school, the Summerhill book, the Spanish Free Teaching Institution, slow education, taking children seriously and open education. An entry belongs here when the cited article defines it as an alternative to conventional schooling. It excludes critiques of conventional schooling, which sit in their own group. These ideas ask whether children must attend compulsory classes, follow set courses and obey adult rules, and they have inspired small independent schools and open learning movements around the world.
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Summerhill (book) (Wikipedia)
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Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing is a book about the English boarding school Summerhill School by its headmaster A. S. Neill.
Institucion Libre de Ensenanza (Wikipedia)
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The Institución Libre de Enseñanza (ILE, English: Free Teaching Institution) was a pedagogical experience developed in Spain for more than half a century (1876-1939).
Slow education (Wikipedia)
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Slow education is based upon Socratic, adaptive and non-standards based approaches to teaching.
Taking Children Seriously (Wikipedia)
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Taking Children Seriously (TCS) is an exploration of parenting and educational philosophy whose central idea is that children are full people.
Open education (Wikipedia)
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Open education is an international learning standards and education policy open standards movement based on open source openness.
Democratic school (Wikipedia)
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Learning is self-directed and takes place without a curriculum.
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