Alternative Education for the 21st Century: Philosophies, Approaches, VisionsP. Woods This is a unique collection of leading examples of education grounded in alternative philosophies and cultures – from initiatives to create more democratic schools, through Quaker, Buddhist, Islamic, Montessori and Steiner/Waldorf schools, to Maori and First Nations education in Canada and Palestinian Jewish schools in Israel. |
Contents
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AddressingSocial Justice in Rural Schoolsand Implications forEducators in All Contexts | 14 |
Chapter 2 Democratic Schools in LatinAmerica? Lessons Learned from theExperiences in Nicaragua and Brazil | 31 |
Chapter 3 The Touching Example ofSummerhill School | 49 |
Offering a Vision of anAlternative Society | 65 |
The Dharma SchoolBrighton UK | 83 |
Inhibiting orEnhancing Democratic Dispositions? | 101 |
Integrated BilingualPalestinianJewishEducation in Israel | 123 |
Chapter 8 Alt ernative Maori Education?Talking BackTalking ThroughHegemonic Sites of Power | 139 |
TowardIndigenous Thought inCanadian Education | 167 |
Chapter 10 Montessori and Embodied Education | 189 |
The Goalof SteinerWaldorf Schools | 209 |
Deepening Reflective Practiceto Explore DemocracyConnectedness and Spirituality | 226 |
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Aboriginal Aboriginal education academic achieve activities Anishinaabe anthroposophy approach Bekerman bilingual Buddhist Canada challenge chapter child classroom cognitive context create Csikszentmihalyi culture curriculum decision-making democracy democratic learning communities democratic schools Dharma School educa emphasized engagement environment example experience faith schools focused freedom hapū identity implementation important Indigenous thought integration interactive interviews intrinsic motivation Islamic schools issues Jewish K20 Center K20 Model knowledge language leadership Ma-ori mainstream education Māori education Māori language Métis Minas Gerais Montessori education multicultural Muslim Ngā Manu Kōrero O’Hair one’s Pākeha Palestinian parents participation pedagogical perspective Porto Alegre practice principals professional development pupils Quaker Quaker schools question Rathunde reflection reform relations relationships religious sense skills social social threefolding society spiritual staff Steiner Steiner/Waldorf education Steiner/Waldorf schools Summerhill Summerhill School taonga teachers teaching tion traditional Treaty of Waitangi University values Woods