Qualities of Teachers 4 – Planning
Qualities of Teachers is a series of posts about the qualities that democratic education teachers need to be successful. In this post we look at planning.
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Qualities of Teachers 2 – Equality in the Community
Equality in a community can be hard for teachers and other adults to accept and understand. What does it mean? You might need some training.
Qualities of Teachers 3 – Beyond the Classroom
What should democratic schools expect from their teachers beyond the classroom. This short post considers the qualities of democratic school teachers outside the main area of their activity: teaching.
Qualities of Teachers 1 – Understanding
Qualities of Teachers- Understanding Qualities of teachers are important: understanding is one of these qualities. This is as true in the local comprehensive as it is at Summerhill. However, when a school has a unique philosophy the teacher must make an extra effort to understand. This is the first of a series on qualities of…
The Reduced Curriculum III: Getting it Wrong and Getting it Right
Here I talk about my own experiences as the English teacher at Summerhill School and what those experiences meant for my evolving awareness of what a reduced curriculum might be.
The Reduced Curriculum II: Against Bloating
The second of three posts on the reduced curriculum. Here we look at the phenomenon of bloating in the curriculum: how to avoid it. Create a better curriculum in a free school.
The Reduced Curriculum 1 The Podcast
Introduction to the reduced curriculum in Summerhill-style schools.
The Reduced Curriculum 1
The first in a series of posts about the Reduced Curriculum to help subscribers to Summerhill Democratics think about this important issue in setting up a free school.
Curriculum Matters
Talking about the Curriculum in democratic free schools.
Cat’s Curriculum
The Cat’s Backbone Strong and flexible: the opposite of rigour. Rigour is a word that pops up all the time in political talk about education. I can’t hear it without thinking of rigor mortis, Death’s icy hand on children. The Cat’s Backbone Core Curriculum is not at all rigorous, realising that if the tabby jumps…
