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Democratic Education: People
Contact details for some of the people involved in the democratic education movement
Name: Chikosa Banda new details Telephone: 01223721001 Website: |
Name: Rodrigo Bastos New details Email: rodbastos@gmail.com Telephone: 11 7622 1857 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: Paula BelloLandesa New Details Address: Av.Botijos S/N. Res. Alquibla - 515AV. 29639 Benalmádena, Málaga, Spain 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: Carole Cawston Address: 7F Tower 2, Island Harbourview, Hoi Fai Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong Email: ccawston@hotmail.com Telephone: 00852 227 14269 Languages: English |
| Name: Aline Chenina Address: 20 Rue d'Anjou, 75008, Paris, France Email: khavine.s@wanadoo.fr 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: f.codello@virgilio.it 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: pcreve@wanadoo.fr 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 Telephone: 020 8566 7212 Website: http://www.freetoeducate.com/ Basic principles/activities: Involved in setting up a free school in Ealing, |
| Name: David French Address: Ul Bielska 62, 43-400 Cieszyn, Poland Email: david@mail.filus.edu.pl Languages: English, Polish Other information Non-authoritarian language-teaching through conversation. Focus the development of democratic education in Poland. |
| Name: Niklas Gidion Address: Wildtalstrasse 22, 79108 Freiburg, Germany Telephone: 49 1779 141 5882 Languages: German, English Other information Team member at Kapriole (See schools) |
Name: Lynette and David Gribble Web site: www.davidgribble.co.uk Telephone: 44 (0) 1364 72558 |
Name: Arvind Gupta Web site: http://arvindguptatoys.com/ Telephone: 020-25604602 |
| Name: Derry Hannam Updated details Address: 7 Newtown Road, Warsash, Hants, UK, SO31 9KY 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: hararuk@hotmail.com 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 |
| Name: Adrienne Huber Address: Australia and New York Email: adrienne@huber.net 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: hhughes@telus.net 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: patteran@mac.com Languages: English |
Name: Namita G Joshil New details 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 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. |
| Name: Alexandra Majstorac Kobiljsk (Ana) Email: amkaero@gmail.com updated details 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: lottekreissler@gmx.at 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: Mary Leue Address: PO Box 488, Ashfield, MA 1330, USA Email: MarySKOLE@aol.com Website: www.spinninglobe.net 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: maralist@hotmail.com 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: johnharrisloflin@yahoo.com 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. |
| Name: Olivia Lora Address: 112 Road D, Pine, CO 80470, USA Email: olivia@purplemtn.com Telephone: 1 303 816 9335 Languages: English Other information Western Superintendent, Clonlara School: Chairperson, NCACS |
Name: Robert Powell updated details Web site: http://www.robpowell.co.uk/ Languages: English, Danish |
| Name: Andrew Pahlman Address: 36 Upper Cliff Road, Northwood, NSW 2066, Australia Email: andrew@anmari.com Telephone: 0061 2 94378786 Languages: English Other information Currambena parent and proposer for 2006 IDEC in Australia |
Name: Amukta Mahapatra Updated details Email: amukta.m@gmail.com and schoolscape@yahoo.com Other information: |
| Name: Mechtild Spaett Address: Mathildenstrasse 7, D-72072, Tuebingen, Germany Email: bist.eulen@t-online.de Languages: Bavarian, German, English |
| Name: Erik Tassyns Address: Snuifmolenstraat 30, 9200 Dendermonde, Belgium Email: erik.tassyns@pandora.be 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 Website: www.soka.edu |
| Name: Leonard Turton Address: 11 York Street Apt 11, St Catherines ON , L2R6B7, Canada Email: lgturton@googlemail.com updated details Languages: English Other information Former principal of Odyssey House Community School, the Children's Learning Centre, and a special education and regular classroom teacher. Developed Club House Democracy, using authority-sharing, student-run meetings and student government to introduce some free school democracy into the state school classroom. At present teaching at Summerhill. |
| Name: Andreas Spoo Address: Maybachstrasse 109a, D-50670 Koeln, Germany Email: aspoo@girofle.de 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. |
| Name: Tae Wook Ha Address: Flat 7, Brunswick Manxsions, 8 Handel Street, London WC1N 1PE, UK Email: tae-ha@kcl.ac.uk or taewookha@hotmail.com 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: wunsch-grafton@gmx.at 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. |
Name: Sharon Caldwell new details Email: sharoncaldwell@montessori.org 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 |