8:1 Design a School : Clubhouse Democracy Wk.1
We begin a five week exploration of Clubhouse Democracy. What are Transitional models? What’s Clubhouse Democracy ?
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7:3 Design A School Democratic Meetings Wk. 2
Democratic Free School meeting problems, the basics of good meetings, creating the templates.
7:2 Design A School Podcast Democratic Meetings Part 2
We continue to discuss Democratic School Meetings and freedom, age ranges, and the reality that democratic meetings are not perfect.
7:1 Design A School Democratic Meetings Wk. 2
We say that democratic schools begin with freedom, not democratic meetings. It’s the freedom that students bring to the meeting that creates a truly Democratic Free School.
6:3 Design A School Democratic Meetings
We finish off the first of two weeks about Democratic Meetings with some remarks about the podcast.
6:2 Design a School Podcast Democratic Meetings Part 1
We discuss the details of democratic meetings and how they must, crucially, be connected ro freedom.
6-1 Design a School Democratic Meetings
Democratic Meetings are an important part of democratic schools. This week we are talking about the role of meetings in this school we are designing. What will the function of the meetings be?
5:3 Design A School Optional Lessons
We summarise Optional Lessons and emphasise that they are not offered in isolation, or randomly, but with a number of surrounding factors that are needed for success.
5:2 Design a School Podcast: Optional Lessons
We discuss Optional Lessons. What Contexts and Scaffolding create successful Optional lessons in a Democratic free School?
5-1 Design A School Optional Lessons
We discuss optional lessons, an essential part of the Democratic Free School engine. Also Reduced Curriculum and Freak Out subjects.
Testimonial
“This is a much needed project. There is a wide gap between what people WANT our kind of schools to be and the reality. It is so important that people with on-the-ground experience keep the knowledge of real Summerhill ideals alive. Jason and Leonard have that experience.”
-Zoe Readhead,
Principal of Summerhill
