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Monthly Archives: April 2016

Sunday Basics: Free Choice

Basics, Jason, Talking DemocraticsBy Jason PreaterApril 27, 2016

Giving Choices: the Invisible Teacher It doesn’t matter how nice you are, how exciting you are, or how well-meaning you are, if your basic instinct is to reduce choices you shouldn’t be working in a democratic school. This is a tricky issue. You might be a real believer, for example, convinced that you have the…

Thursday Thoughts: Boarding

Jason, Talking Democratics, Thursday ThoughtsBy Jason PreaterApril 20, 2016

“The English have boarding schools because they do not love their children,” says José. “That just won’t work here.” I can’t really argue with him because there is a profound cultural chasm between us. I don’t find the closeness of his Mediterranean family heart-warming; I find it suffocating. Summerhill is a boarding school of another…

Give Me a Massage: Touch at Summerhill School

Basics, Jason, Talking DemocraticsBy Jason PreaterApril 18, 2016Leave a comment

Touch is problematic in most schools. Summerhill is different. Sometimes it seems like a troop of monkeys, but there are safeguards to ensure that touch does not become something it shouldn’t. In this post I ask if something can be learnt from the way things are done at Summerhill.

This is depressing but stick with me!

Jason, Talking Democratics, Thursday ThoughtsBy Jason PreaterApril 14, 2016Leave a comment

Suicide, self-harm and depression are huge problems for our schools. What is the solution? Continuing to deprive children of their childhood by an absurd reverence for schoolwork seems to be counter-productive.

Sunday Basics: Equality

Basics, Jason, Talking DemocraticsBy Jason PreaterApril 13, 2016

Do you know what is good for children? You are wrong! I have heard people say things like, “children love structure” or “routine is good for children” or, on the other side, “children need to be left alone” and “freedom is the best tonic for children.” I don’t believe any of this because I don’t…

Horses, horse culture and a school for children

Basics, Jason, Talking DemocraticsBy Jason PreaterApril 10, 2016Leave a comment

Zoë Readhead, the principal of Summerhill School, loves horses. In this post I talk about how her love of horses has had a beneficial effect on the school.

What Can You See in the Big, Big Picture?

Jason, Talking Democratics, Thursday ThoughtsBy Jason PreaterApril 7, 2016Leave a comment

What is the Big Question in education. In this post I look at the way our lives are changing and will continue to change. If we think education can follow the same tired old model we are fooling ourselves.

Thursday Thoughts: Play

Jason, Talking Democratics, Thursday ThoughtsBy Jason PreaterApril 6, 2016

Play is the sap and essence of childhood. And if there is one dark evil in this messed up modern world we have invented, it is the way we have taken free play away from children. We allow the evil octopus of school work to dominate more and more of their lives. We give them…

Tuesday News, or the Wonderful World of Summerhill Democratics

Jason, Talking DemocraticsBy Jason PreaterApril 5, 2016Leave a comment

This week we have been busy. The blog post on Examinations struck a chord with many people.  I’d love to hear what you think! Jason went to La Cantonera in Gran Canaria.  It seemed like a great deal to be on the Canary Islands in March but the weather turned out to be wet, windy…

You are invigilated: Examinations at Summerhill

Basics, Jason, Talking DemocraticsBy Jason PreaterApril 2, 2016Leave a comment

Examinations are the triumph of small minds over vitality. Summerhill School has always offered examinations but tries to limit their stultifying effect. In this post I shall describe how examinations work at Summerhill and suggest how this could be a model for other schools in their attempts to promote freedom. Many readers of this blog…

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