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Pioneer nursery stays outdoors - in all weathers - Guardian article 30 10 06

Interesting article on the effect of conventional schooling on the brain ecologist_roboticchildren_sept2008(2).pdf

Report on how adults selfishness are making British children unhappy

[www.news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7861762.stm]

The Good Childhood Enquiry Findings

[www.childrenssociety.org.uk/all_about_us/how_we_do_it/the_good_childhood_inquiry/1818.html]

The Primary Review. Influential research about the future of Primary education in the UK. [www.primaryreview.org.uk]

How to step back and trust children to self initiate and self direct their own learning. Written by home schooler and influentail author on natural parenting Naomi Aldort.

www.lifelearningmagazine.com/0706/ask_naomi_aldort_the_case_against_teaching.htm

Websites

British educational charity promoting small schools and small classes Human Scale Education. Lists all alternative, steiner and montessori schools in UK.

www.infed.org

Lovely website comprehensively detailing theory and practices relating to all aspects of informal education.

www.edrev.org

This is the site for AERO, the Alternative Education Resource Organization, which is based in the USA. It contains information about alternative education of all kinds, including democratic schools.

www.democraticeducation.com

This is an American website with close links to AERO. It lists relevant schools and other organisations all over the world, and provides a reading list.

www.davidgribble.co.uk

David Gribble, co ordinator of the International Democratic Education Network, author of several insightful and inspiring books about democratic education, a teacher at Dartington Hall for over thirty years, and a founder of Sands School in Devon, has his own website.

www.idenetwork.org

IDEN stands for International Democratic Education Network. The site offers lists of democratic schools, educational organisations and interested individuals around the world, with links to any relevant web sites, and up to date information about the IDECs (International Democratic Education Conferences) that take place in a different continent each year.

www.pathsoflearning.net

Ron Miller's website advocating the benefits of holistic education, it also provides connections to other resources that are available to parents, educators, researchers and policymakers.

www.f2be.com

Stands for freedom to be natural learners...Challenges current perceptions about education, suggesting that the old systems are obsolete and that education should value learning, thinking and feeling abilities over the simple acquisition of knowledge. Lots more good links here.

www.personalisededucationnow.org.uk

Good for up to date education news, book reviews and links to other relevant websites

www.libed.org.uk

Lib Ed promotes freedom in education by publishing books, pamphlets and magazines and organising meetings, conferences and other events. For the last five years this web site has taken the place of the magazine. 

www.room13scotland.com

Room 13 Scotland is a student run art studio based in Fort William, Scotland and the hub of a worldwide network of artists, educators, thinkers and others professionals who share their work and their thinking. Maryanne has been to visit and thinks they are great!

www.lifelearningmagazine.com Life Learning is a bimonthly, reader-written magazine that is a forum for trustworthy, inspiring information and intelligent discussion about self-directed, life-based learning. This type of learning is also sometimes known as "unschooling", "unstructured  homeschooling" or "natural learning" when it refers to the education of children, but also includes adult learning. It does not discriminate about the age of learners, believing that a learner-directed philosophy of education is valid at any age.

www.authenticparent.com

Lots of excellent articles by Naomi Aldort  author of Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves. From infants and toddlers to children and teens including the emotional needs of parents, Naomi Aldort addresses a wide range of parenting issues. Her guidance is not about gentle ways to control a child, but about how to have a well-behaved child without having to control. It is about a way of being and of understanding our children so they can do their best, not because they fear us or seek our approval, but because they want to, of their own free will.

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