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IDEC/EUDEC 2012
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Name:   Chikosa Banda new details

Address:  267 The Rowans, Milton, Cambridgeshire, CB24 6ZA , UK

Email:    or

Telephone:   01223721001

Website: 
http://chambo.sdnp.org.mw/ruleoflaw/lawfaculty/chikosa.index.htm

http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/phd/view_phd.php?profile=62

Languages:    English, Tonga, Chewa , Tumbuka

Other information :   PhD Law Student – University of Cambridge, Lecturer in Law- University of Malawi. Duties include- teaching human rights law, public law and environmental law. I also act as a researcher and policy consultant. Other assignments have included teaching principles of human rights democracy and good governance to secondary school teachers..

Name:    Filippo Barra New details

Address:  Via B.Bernardini 54 00156 Rome Italy

Email:   

Telephone:    00393460803618

Languages:    English

Other information: Member of Rete Italiana per l'Educazione Libertaria

Name:    Rodrigo Bastos New details

Address:  Av. Escola Politecnica, 2200 G-11 – São Paulo-SP Brazil

Email:   

Telephone:    11 7622 1857

Languages:    English and Portuguese

Other information: I've been interest in Democratic Education since my course for Educators in Lumiar Institute in Brazil. I´m now working with outdoor education for young people and planning to get more involved with democratic schooling

Name:   Susanne Becker New Details

Address:  Bremen, German

Email:   

Languages:   German, English

Basic principles/activities: Project for immigrants and refugee children aged 6 - 11.
The idea is to enable them to learn the German language and to find a
meaningful life in a new culture. The approach is to value each
individual story and background.

Name:    Sharon Caldwell new details

Address:  74 Beach Road, Nahoon, East London, South Africa

Email:   

Telephone:    027 437352221 or cell 083 456 1048

Languages:    English, Afrikaans

Former leader of the Nahoon Montessori School, now writing a book on Montessori and the Democratic/Free School tradition looking at ways of extending freedom for children within Montessori. Co-editor of Montessori Leadership

Name:    Carole Cawston

Address:  7F Tower 2, Island Harbourview, Hoi Fai Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Email:   

Telephone:    00852 227 14269

Languages:    English

Name:    Aline Chenina

Address:  20 Rue d'Anjou, 75008, Paris, France

Email:   

Telephone:    00852 227 14269

Languages:    Russian, French

Other information: Non-authoritarian language-teaching through genuine conversation (teaching French to Russians)

Name:    Francesco Codello

Address:  via l. Nievo 5/A, 31100 Treviso, Italy

Email:   

Telephone:    39 (0)422/306051

Languages:    Italian

Other information Head of a secondary school and its group of feeder primary schools

Name:    Patrice Creve

Address:  17 Chemin de Buffevent, 31770 Colomiers, France

Email:   

Telephone:    0033 534 36 99 08

Languages:    French, English, German, Spanish

Other information Former founder and teacher at Theleme, a free school for adolescents, former member of the board of ANEN (National Association for New Education). Still interested in all that concerns free education. Representative of IDEC in France.

Name:   Daniel Dzikowski new details

Address:  63 Fairlea Place, Ealing W5 1SP

Email:   

Telephone:   020 8566 7212

Website: http://www.freetoeducate.com/

Languages:    English

Basic principles/activities: Involved in setting up a free school in Ealing,
London.

Name:    David French updated details

Address:  Ul Bielska 62, 43-400 Cieszyn, Poland

Email:   

Languages:    English, Polish

Other information Non-authoritarian language-teaching through conversation. Focus the development of democratic education in Poland.

Telephone:    49 1779 141 5882

Languages:    German, English

Other information Team member at Kapriole (See schools)

Name:    Isaac Graves new details

Address:  1442 Main St., Louisville, CO 80027 U.S.A.

Email:   

Web site:   www.isaacgraves.com

Telephone:    720-310-5187

Languages:    English

Other information:

• Board Member, The Patchwork School
• Member, IDEC 2012 Organizing Team
• Co-Chair, IDEC 2013 Organizing Team
  
  

Name:    Lynette and David Gribble

Address:  4 Dene Cottages, South Brent, Devon TQ10 9JE, UK

Email:   

Web site:    www.davidgribble.co.uk

Telephone:    44 (0) 1364 72558

Languages:    English, French, German

Other information Former teachers at Dartington Hall School, founders with others of Park School and Sands School, closely associated with IDEC, contact people for IDEN

Name:    Arvind Gupta

Address:  Inter-University Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune University Campus, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411007 INDIA

Email:   

Web site:    http://arvindguptatoys.com/

Telephone:    020-25604602

Languages:    Hindi, English, Marathi and Urdu

Basic Activites: Helping children make "fun toys" out of scrap. Documenting science activities in books and short films. Translating books into Hindi. Uploading more books and toys on the website. Doing lecture-demonstrations in schools.

Telephone:    + +44 (0) 7719 260579

Languages:    English

Other information Ex-deputy head of British comprehensive school, ex-inspector, enthusiastic supporter of Summerhill, Sands, OBESSU and IDEC, occasional adviser to government committees

Name:    Lyudmyla Hararuk

Address:  Pros. Pobedy 45 kv 9d, Kiev, Ukraine

Email:   

Telephone:    + 380 44-5381406

Languages:    Ukrainian, English, Russian

Other information Teaching different age-groups: lecturing at a pedagogical university

Name:    Hsin-Yi Huang new details

Address:  10 ALY19 LN81 Puhou St. Zuoying, Kaohsiung 813
Taiwan

Email:   

Languages:    Chinese/English

Other information Founder and long-time leader of Windsor House

Name:    Adrienne Huber

Address:  Australia and New York

Email:   

Languages:    English

Other information Living and learning without rules, self-directed learning, international educational consulting, research, literacy, community culture and climate, distributed decision-making, problem-solving and action-taking for living and learning in community, innovations in learning.

Name:    Helen Hughes

Email:   

Languages:    English

Other information Founder and long-time leader of Windsor House

Name:    Dick Jones

Address:  5 Lawns Close, Great Offley, Herts SG5 3EJ, UK

Email:   

Languages:    English

Name:    Namita G Joshil New details

Address:  G-10, Swapnashilp society, next to City Pride (Kothrud), Ganesh Nagar, Kothrud, Pune- 411029, Maharashtra, India

Email:   

Telephone:   0091-(0)9637442952

Languages:    Fluent in English, German, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada and can speak basic French and little bit of Spanish. Aim to complete learning French and Spanish till the advanced levels in near future though

Basic principles/activities: Deep interest in Psychology, Philosophy, Democratic education, youth voice and participation, Sociology of Education, Policy-making for education, consensus decision-making, Education and Development, Learning languages , Graphology (hand writing analysis).

Most of my activities and research revolves around the above themes and I have newly developed a lot of interest in developing eco-friendly ways of life.

Name:    Rut Kittel New details

Address:  Biesingerstrasse 21, 72070 Tübingen, Germany

Email:   

Telephone:   0049 - 7071-940947

Languages:    German, English, French, Portuguese, Swedish

I want to support the democratic school movement. After good and surprising experiences working at a democratic vocational school for adults in Mozambique, I am looking for more experience in Europe.
Germany NEEDS democratic schools and I WANT to help.

Name:    Alexandra Majstorac Kobiljsk (Ana)

Email:   

Languages:    Yugoslavian, English, Japanes

Other information Worked at Tokyo Shure and became committed to the principles of democratic education. Finding new ways of teaching languages and culture. Now working with AERO (see Organisations)

Name:    Lotte Kreissler

Address:  Ratschkygasse 48/10, 1120 Vienna, Austria

Email:   

Telephone:    0043 1812 6732

Languages:    German, English, Spanish and a little French

Other information Working on democratic schools and projects: co-operation with Sands, Hadera, etc: teacher training, political work on democratisation of state schools, still some/lots of hope for self-organised learning supported by warm human relationships.

Name:    Paula Bello Landesa New Details

Address:  Av.Botijos S/N. Res. Alquibla - 515AV. 29639 Benalmádena, Málaga, Spain

Email:   

Telephone:    678 849 879 - ( ) 952 56 97 61

Languages:    ESPAÑOL - SPANISH

Basic principles/activities: 1. Mother. 2. Working to set up a school. 3. Learning to be stage director. 4. Building a network in Spain about education with respect and love. 5. In future: advocating the approach of Emmi Pikler and Ute Strub, and collaborating with EUDEC

Name:    Mary Leue

Address:  PO Box 488, Ashfield, MA 1330, USA

Email:   

Telephone:    1 413 628 0227

Languages:    English

Other information Founder of Albany Free School in New York state, USA. Former editor of Skole, the Journal of Alternative Education. Publisher of Down-to-Earth Books. Editor of Challenging the Giant, volumes 1 - 4, The Best of Skole.

Name:    Mara Ester List

Address:  Kibbutz ein shjemer 37845, Doar Na, Israel

Email:   

Telephone:    972 4 6374242

Languages:    Hebrew, English, Spanish and some Italian

Other information Chronic optimism, human love, respect for nature and a strong belief that with these principles we can make the world to be a better place to live.

Name:    John Loflin

Address:  2455 Shelby Street #1, Indianapolis, IN 46023, USA

Email:   

Telephone:    001 317 788 6604

Languages:    English

Other information I am aattempting to bring democratic classrooms and schools to the public school here in Marion Coumnty. Our public schools must not only teach democracy but practice it - which they do not.

Telephone:    1 303 816 9335

Languages:    English

Other information Western Superintendent, Clonlara School: Chairperson, NCACS

Name:    Amukta Mahapatra Updated details

Address:  39, First St, D.P.Nagar, Kotturpuram, Chennai 600 085 India

Email:    and

Telephone:    Mob: +91-99400 71854

Languages:    English,
Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Oriya, Kannada (varied levels of coping in each!)

Other information:
Director, SchoolScape Centre for Educators
Formerly founder-principal of Abacus Montessori School
Educational adviser to the state of Tamil Nadu
2003 - 2004 Educational Consultant to UNICEF for development of Quality
Package
Organiser of the 2004 IDEC in Bhubaneshwar

Name:    Robert Powell updated details

Address:  Capplethwaite Flat, Killington, Sedbergh, Cumbria, LA10 5EQ

Email:   

Web site: http://www.robpowell.co.uk/

Telephone: 015396-20482
Mob: 07971-500825

Languages:    English, Danish

Telephone:    0061 2 94378786

Languages:    English

Other information Currambena parent and proposer for 2006 IDEC in Australia

Name:    Marc-Alexandre Prud’homme New details

Email:   

Address: 140 Augusta street, Ottawa, Canada

Telephone: 613-316-8053

Languages:    French, English,

Other information: I am a graduate student and research assistant at the University of Ottawa where I conducted a study on free school students’ experiences during democratic activities. I am also currently helping two teachers in starting a learning center that would work democratically.

Telephone:    0032 52 20 14 29

Languages:    Flemish, French, English

Other information Teacher training in various schools, based on the work of Janusz Korczak. Since 1998 working on a project called Plukplan.

Name:    Gail E. Thomas

Address:  Soka University of America, 1 University Drive, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656-4105, USA

Email:   

Telephone:    949 480 4038

Website:    www.soka.edu

Languages:    English

Other information Professor of sociology

Name:    Andreas Spoo

Address:  Maybachstrasse 109a, D-50670 Koeln, Germany

Email:   

Languages:    German, English

Telephone:    49 (0)221 13 85 96 Website:    www.girofle.de

Other information Non-violent communication and mediation (after Marshall B. Rosenberg); music: composing (mainly on computers, conducting, piano, singing.

Telephone:    + 49-57709771

Web Site: www.vamos-schule.de/

Activities: Initiator of the founding of the Vamos Schule in Berlin,
member of EUDEC and currently member of the council of the German
chapter of EUDEC.

Telephone:    00 44 (0) 27713 7694

Languages:    Korean, English

Name:    Ben Wunsch-Grafton

Address:  Dr-Friedrich-Benesch-Str. 15 B, Edlach an der Rax, 2651 Austria

Email:   

Languages:    English, German

Other information Formerly staff member at the Schuelerinnenschule in Vienna. Now working in community care, coaching and supervision, team and organisation building, outdoor experience.