Sudbury Education: Freedom for childern

Educational system outdated

Was designed for the industrial age

Characteristics of system

What is Education?

Education ≠ schooling

Education = universal development of skills and knowledge, any time, any place.

Human capacity

Learning is an inborn capacity

Value compassDegree/exams

Pre-fixed curriculum

TalentIndividual curriculum

Hierarchical/top-down

Equality/Network

Schools today

Sudbury school

Formal vs. natural learning

WHATHOW

Genuine context

Play

Talk

Game

Carry-

ing out

taskEx

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e

Dec

ide

Theory of motivation

Follow goals set out for you

Follow your own goals

Extrinsic motivation Intrinsic motivation

The freedom concept

Option choice Action choice

ResponsibilityNo Responsibility

Conditional

Freedom True

Freedom

Self-determination

Sudbury Valley School

Characteristics of a Sudbury school (1)

Equality

Students are fully responsible for their life and actions

Characteristics of a Sudbury school (2)

Natural learning environment

Age mixing (4 to 19)

The future of learning…

Reshape thinking

The paradox of freedom

in the Netherlands

Constitution – Freedom of Education

A Sudbury school based on true freedom cannot exist under the current legislation and inspectorate practices, despite the long evidence-based tradition of this educational concept.

Newschool.nu: www.newschool.nu

Sudbury Valley School: www.sudval.org

European Democratic Education Community: www.eudec.org