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Tag Archives: Leonard

Design A School Thoughts: Activation Not Inspiration

LeonardBy Jason PreaterOctober 17, 2018Leave a comment

  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…

The Essentials: Big, Little or In Between

Basics, LeonardBy Leonard TurtonMarch 23, 2018Leave a comment

Big Little or In Between Here There and Everywhere   We’ve been talking about democracy and scale … size of the school and the building and the finances and the student population and the number of staff  and so on. Can a democratic free school environment work regardless of scale; how does scale change delivery?…

Necking

LeonardBy Leonard TurtonFebruary 4, 2017Leave a comment

Leonard’s bittersweet experience of child romance. How he learnt to hate the system.

Saturday Summerhill Take Away: Polar Bears in Concrete Pens Go Crazy and So Do Kids.

Saturday Summerhill Take AwayBy Jason PreaterMarch 3, 2016Leave a comment

What is depressing about the habitat is the regimentation and the lack of choice. This is why children can be happier in a less expensive environment so long as they are not being deprived of all freedom.

Learning: the experiences of a Catalan houseparent at Summerhill School

Monday Guest Posts, Talking DemocraticsBy Jason PreaterFebruary 22, 2016Leave a comment

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

Monday Guest Posts, Talking DemocraticsBy Jason PreaterFebruary 16, 2016Leave a comment

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…

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