Design A School 3-1: Our Mission Statement
We discuss the theme of the week: how to get going on a sensible mission statement. We don’t always agree, but we always discuss.
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Design a School 2-3: Observations on the Mission
Reflections on Mission Statements. In this blog we think over what we discussed in our last podcast and offer some suggestions about the way forward
Design A School 2-2: The Vision/Mission Statement podcast
This week’s Design A School Podcast is about The Vision/ Mission Statement. What does that mean ? What makes a good Mission Statement/Vision.
Design A School 2-1: Visions
In Design a School Week 2 We Blog and Podcast about Vision or Mission Statements Shaking All Over Leonard I’m not comfortable with the word Vision or the Phrase Mission Statement. To me, a Vision is something you see in a state of heightened unawareness. Up there in the clouds. And then you fall backwards…
Design A School 1-3: Why? Different Motivations
We have different motivations for designing a model school Leonard: Pointing To Thinking over the podcast it’s very obvious to me that I’m designing this school as a Demonstration Transitional Model. I want to invite people to follow along as we discuss all the critical aspects of the engine that is a…
Design A School 1-2 Podcast: Why ?
This is the first of a series of Podcasts. We talk about our motivations: why are we interested in setting up democratic schools? Our motivations are different and yours will be too! Share your ideas with us
Design A School 1-1: Reasons Why
In Design a School Week 1 we are going to Blog and Podcast about our reasons and motivations for doing this project Jason: Raspberries I guess my reasons for getting into democratic education are mostly negative. That means I don’t want to pass on my own experience of school. It certainly turned…
Design A School Thoughts: Activation Not Inspiration
The Design a School as well our Summerhill Democratics consultancy are offered to kick start a new phrase: Activation Not Inspiration. Here are some Thoughts. Thoughts From Leonard Activation not Inspiration I’ve seen waves of inspiration, waves of media attention ( especially in the early 70’s), waves of joyful, inexperienced educational pilgrims…
Evidence for Openness: 7 ideas
The open classroom is back. I have my doubts about the phenomenon and want to see some evidence for the effectiveness of the trend.
Open Classrooms: past and future
This post looks at open classrooms. Don’t we need to think about the past before heading into an uncertain future? We’ve been here before.
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-Zoe Readhead,
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