Books to read


How Children Fail
Holt, J. (1964/1995). Cambridge,

Freedom to learn
Rogers, C. and Freiberg, H. J. (1994). 3rd Ed.

Summerhill: A radical approach to child-rearing
Neill, A. S. (1960).

Real Education: Varieties of Freedom
David Gribble

More information

 

Early years - How they do it in Sweden - A programme exploring the Swedish approach to nursery education. Most Swedish children who leave pre-school at the age of six cannot read or write. Yet within three years of starting formal schooling at the age of seven, these children lead the literacy tables in Europe.

 

 

Links

 

IDEN - Internation Democratic Education Network
David Gribble - Leading promoter of democratic education for young children