The Innovative Educator: Children can educate themselves without the control of adults - 7 views
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shared by Tero Toivanen on 15 Oct 11
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The Sudbury Valley School has, for the past forty years, been the best-kept secret in American education.
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Professors of education ignore it, not out of malice but because they cannot absorb it into their framework of educational thought.
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Adults do not control children's education; children educate themselves.
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today's approach to education will be seen by many if not most educators as a barbaric remnant of the past.
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Children educate themselves; we don't have to do it for them.
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As the student voters outnumber the staff by a factor of 20 to 1, the staff who survive this process and are re-elected year after year are those who are admired by the students.
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Students are free, all day, every day, to do what they wish at the school
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The school gives no tests
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There is no curriculum and no attempt to motivate students to learn
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The staff members at the school do not consider themselves to be teachers. They are, instead, adult members of the community who provide a wide variety of services, including some teaching. Most of their "teaching" is of the same variety as can be found in any human setting; it involves answering sincere questions and presenting ideas in the context of real conversations.
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Mitenkäs Sudbury eroaa Summerhillista http://www.summerhillschool.co.uk/ ?
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Totta, Pekka! Olin kokonaan unohtanut vanhan kunnon Summerhillin. Oletko muuten koskaan vieraillut itse siellä? Minä en, mutta yksi ystäväni on. Tässä olisi ainesta syvempäänkin tutkimiseen...
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No en, mutta vois olla hauska. Otavan opiston jengi on kaiketi työstänyt jossain vaiheessa demokraattinen koulu -liikettä?
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http://sometu.ning.com/events/n-kym-t-n-oppiminen-jatko-webinaari :ssa aion puhua vähän asiaan liittyen. Ekassa osassa oli enemmän perusasioita ja nyt mennään ehkä vähän syvemmälle, ja teen enemmän omia johtopäätelmiäni. Koskee aika paljon tätäkin juttua :-)