Have you: spent at least 3 year at a democratic school? completed compulsery schooling? completed 18 years of age? worked for at least 1 year? get 15 minutes to help us improve schooling for all? If you answered yes to all the questions, we request you to participate in this research project aimed at understanding […]
Book Description Self Managed Learning and the New Educational Paradigm proposes revolutionary change to the educational system. The overwhelming research evidence is that the sum total of educational and training input accounts typically for only 10–20% of what makes a person an effective human being. Balancing theory, evidence and practice, this ground-breaking book demonstrates that current […]
Hello, We just wanted to update you on the change of date for the in-person Summerhill Festival of Childhood. The festival has been moved to the summer of 2022 in order to ensure that it can be a truly international event with lots of hugs. We hope to have and support many little events until […]
The Annual General Meeting is the circle with the highest authority in EUDEC. Aside from being the place to change the Guidance Document, it is also a opportunity for the members to supervise the work that the council has done throughout the year. Elections will also take place… For any question or comment, please join […]
The International Democratic Education Conference (IDEC) is organized every year by schools and organizations in different countries. A few hundred to a thousand people from different fields, including students, come together to discuss, learn and share their ideas and experiences about education. The diversity of the participants, coming from 30 to 40 countries, is one […]
The Freedom to Learn Forum is a space for all those interested in human-centred and rights-respecting practice in education to share and learn from one another, and events can be held on any topic. Taking place over 10 days, the forum will be mostly online and entirely free. Events List
Derry Hannam’s new book “Another Way is Possible – Becoming a Democratic Teacher in a State School” has just been published on Smashwords as an e-book. The full price is $4.95 but for the duration of the AERO conference this week and a bit beyond there is a half-price coupon – number QS28M. Any sales […]
David Gribble died in December 2019 at the age of 87. There are few people more committed to democratic schools than he. David Gribble worked his whole life to ensure that democratic education institutions were created and improved. EUDEC would probably not exist without him. I’ll come to that in a moment, but before I […]
Die Freie Schule Leipzig ist eine freie demokratische Grund- und Oberschule mit Schüler*innen von Klasse 1-10. Wir setzen voraus: · Identifikation mit dem Konzept der Freien Schule Leipzig mit Begeisterung für demokratische Schulen und eine respektvolle Grundhaltung gegenüber Kindern und Jugendlichen · selbstständiges Arbeiten · Organisationstalent · hohe Lernbereitschaft und überdurchschnittliche Auffassungsgabe · ausgeprägte Teamfähigkeit […]
This event is cancelled due to Corona issues Looking for something fabulous this summer? Come along to our International Democratic Summer Camp at De Ruimte School in Soest, the Netherlands.We will learn how to create a community together by joining our hearts, minds and imagination to bring out the best in us.We will have democratic […]