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Articles by Simone Haenen
Standing on the shoulders of Summerhill School
From the beginning of my work with Summerhill, initially as a fulltime science teacher, I worked with the children to share their experiences with other schools, teachers and universities. " Then there is a book by Robert Peal called Progressively Worse: the Burden of Bad Ideas in Education which the Daily Mail enjoyed publicising.
Teaching schoolchildren in east London to discover their political voice
Two history teachers took their 12-year-old school students through a journey of discovering the history of Britain’s voting rights, and what theirs look like today. One of the dangers of the modern world is that people become too fixated on the now, and on their own stories, condemned to live in the present and not understanding what their current social reality has emerged from.
So what is the purpose of education?
"We are starting to see that we have to drastically change – the greatest challenge in human history. So what is the purpose of education?" Simone Haenen told her story at the World Forum for Democracy 2016 . So, what’s my story? In my traditional public primary school, I was doing fine, getting good grades. I was a ‘good’ learner, always trying hard to give all the right answers, but, socially, I wasn’t really part of the group and I got bullied sometimes.
Ask yourself this
Do you practice what you preach? You obviously have ideas about democracy, equality and education. But what is democracy? What is the purpose of democracy? We often see democracy as something on a country-level. But how many of you actually practice democracy and democratic values in your day-to-day life? At home, inside you or with your children, in your work environment?
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