IALA » democratic education http://learningalternatives.net The International Association for Learning Alternatives Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:24:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Democratic Education Resources and IDEC Conference http://learningalternatives.net/weblog/post/567/ http://learningalternatives.net/weblog/post/567/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:00:26 +0000 Wayne Jennings http://learningalternatives.net/?p=567 Dana Bennis has started a website specifically devoted to promoting democratic education  and can be reached personally at dana.bennis@yahoo.com. Dana has a long standing interest in democratic education having studied it in several countries and being part of a democratic school. He advocates giving students voice in decisions about their education and their school’s operation. You will find much useful information and news at the site.

Another important development in democratic education is the annual meeting of the International Democratic Education Conference, held this year August 11-18 in Vancouver. Jerry Mintz provides a write up in his free newsletter under item #2. John Loflin provides a detailed account (IDEC 2006) of the conference. DVDs are also available

]]> http://learningalternatives.net/weblog/post/567/feed/ 0 Democratic Schools Paper http://learningalternatives.net/weblog/post/544/ http://learningalternatives.net/weblog/post/544/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:58:30 +0000 Wayne Jennings http://learningalternatives.net/?p=544 Arising from discussions with Politeia, Brazil’s democratic education institute, at the 15th International Democratic Education Conference last summer in Sao Paulo a new work “A History of Democratic Education in American Public Schools” by democracy advocate and IALA member John Harris Loflin is now available.

Supported by IALA, this comprehensive 161 page paper aims at persuading American urban public classrooms and schools to become more democratic. In doing so, he encourages public schools to enter solidly into the 21st century by questioning, rethinking and providing alternatives to 20th century concepts particularly for under-served children and youth.

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