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Democratic Schools in Germany

Democratic Education

 

 

There are over 200 places offering democratic education in more than 30 countries, working with over 40,000 students

 

 

 

Name: Bildungsschule Harzberg new details

Address: Am Harzberg 1, D-32676 Lügde, Germany

Contact: Falko & Stefanie Peschel (founders, owners, heads, practising teachers)

Email: Info.BSH at web.de

Telephone: (0049) 5282-969694-0

Website: www.Bildungsschule-Harzberg.de

Number of students/members: max. 31 Age range: 5-11

Languages spoken: German, (English)

Basic principles/activities (not more than 40 words):
Practical democracy not only in several daily meetings, but in the way the kids learn autonomously: there are no textbooks, no worksheets, no courses at all. The kids learn very successful all by themselves in filling blank sheets with their own productions.

Democratic school in Germany :   Freie Schule Leipzig-Connewitz e.V   Updated Details

Address:  Am Lindenhof 22, Leipzig, Germany

Contact:   Henrik Ebenbeck

Email:   kontakt@freie-schule-Leipzig.de

Telephone:    49 (0) 341 301 3343

Website:    www.freie-schule-leipzig.de

Number of Students:    60 Age range 6 - 11

Languages:    German, English

Principles:    Students decide when, what and with whom they learn; democratic structure (keeps growing); Freinet principles.

Democratic school in Germany :    Kapriole

Address:  Oberrieder Strasse 20, 79117 Freiburg, Germany

Telephone:    49 761 707 3647

Website:    www.kapriole-freiburg.de

Number of Students 98 Age Range 6 - 15 (later 18 or 20)

Languages:    German, English

Principles:    Children/teenagers do/learn what, where and how they want all the time: weekly meetings (parliament) discuss school business/activities: until now staff not elected by children. (That may change.)

Democratic school in Germany :    Leonardo

Address:  Jenzigweg 37, 07749 Jena, Germany

Contact:   Arno Lange

Email:    arno_lange@yahoo.de

Website:    www.leonardo-jena.de

Number of Students 15 per year-group Age Range 10 - 11 in August 2007

Languages:    German, English

Principles:    Personal responsibility for learning, tutorial advice, projects and teaching outside subject boundaries, some bilingual teaching, understandig rather than amassing information, both individual and co-operative work, development of individual talents, democratic relationship between teachers and taught.

Democratic school in Germany :   Netzwerk-Schule new details

Address:  Marchlewskistraße 40, 10243 Berlin, Germany

Contact:  Mike Weimann

Email:    schule@netzwerkspielkultur.de

Telephone:    49 (0)30 40393340

Website:    www.netzwerkspielkultur.de/schule/

Number of Students:   23 currently, to be increased.

Age range: 5 -14 years, up to 16 possible

Languages:    German; English mother-tongue teacher available

Principles:    Self-direction in matters that only concern individuals and joint decision-making in matters that concern everyone.

• Young people from years one to ten sharing a communal life at school

• Acceptance for children with disabilities

• Involvement with the neighbourhood and the local environment.

Democratic school in Germany :   Demokratische Bildung Berlin e.v. new details

Address:  Sternstrasse 11, 13359 Berlin, Germany

Contact:   Martin Wilke

Email:   martin.wilke@gmx.net

Number of Students:    Age range 5 - 16

Languages:    German, English

Principles:    Hoping to open in February 2010, with official
recognition.