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.
JABSUM 9: Habitat
What is depressing about the habitat is the regimentation and the lack of choice.
Saturday Summerhill Take Away: Get Those Lazy Kids to Clean Up After Themselves
Do you think young people should be involved in cooking and cleaning? Do you think they should be included in all of the activities in a household or a school? Is Summerhill different from other schools just because it is a democratic school and does that imply that children should be more involved with the day-to-day maintenance of the place? How do you prepare young people for adulthood?
Learning: the experiences of a Catalan houseparent at Summerhill School
This is the same post that Dani Rius wrote for us last week in Catalan. He offers us his vision of Summerhill School, from the initial charm and delight, through a difficult period of adaptation to a settled consideration of what it might mean for children and adults. The learning we read about here takes…
Aprenentatges: a personal story from a Summerhill Houseparent
Dani was a houseparent in the Cottage at Summerhill School for a year. He now works in a school near where he lives in St Pol, just a little to the north of Barcelona and keeps in contact with many Summerhill kids. The experience of working at the school was important for him in defining…
