Sudbury Valley School
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| type of school | Democratic school |
| founding | 1968 |
| place | Framingham |
| State | Massachusetts |
| Country | United States |
| management | School meeting |
| Website | www.sudval.org |
The Sudbury Valley School is a democratic school . It is located in Framingham , Massachusetts, and was founded in 1968 by Daniel Greenberg , Mimsy Sadofsky and others.
concept
Each of the approximately 200 schoolchildren between the ages of four and 19 decides for themselves what, when and how they learn, or what they spend their time with. Classes in the traditional sense only come about if students expressly request it. Such learning appointments are the only time (self) commitment of the students. Otherwise there is complete freedom from time pressure. According to the concept of the school, self-determined learning is only possible through this complete temporal self-determination .
The school is not divided into grade levels or age groups. Age mix is another important feature of the school. Its founder called it a "secret weapon". It enables students to learn from one another rather than from a single teacher. Students are not assessed.
The Sudbury Valley School is run by a weekly school meeting. Every student and every employee has a voice in it. The school assembly also decides who is allowed to work as an employee at the school in the next school year. The judiciary committee , which is mostly made up of students, is responsible for complaints about violations of school rules .
In the annual School Assembly , not only students and employees of the school but also the parents of the students have the right to vote . The School Assembly approves the annual budget presented by the school assembly and decides on the award of school certificates and changes to the statutes.
The Sudbury Valley School is the model for around 45 similar schools that are called “ Sudbury Schools ” and work according to the Sudbury model. Most of them are located in the USA (e.g. The Circle School ), with others in Japan , Israel , Denmark , Belgium , the Netherlands and France .
The New School Hamburg has existed in Germany since the 2007/2008 school year . a. refers to the Sudbury Valley School. Pop singer Nena was a driving force behind the foundation. 80 pupils can already attend this school in Hamburg. The TING school in Berlin, which was also founded in 2007, sees itself as a Sudbury school. In September 2014, the Sudbury School in Ammersee opened in Bavaria.
The Iederwijs schools in the Netherlands were also based on the Sudbury Valley School.
See also
literature
- Daniel Greenberg: Free at last! Living and Learning at Sudbury Valley School . Arbor-Verlag, Freiamt im Schwarzwald 2004, ISBN 3-936855-14-5 .
- The Sudbury Valley School Press: The Sudbury Valley School: A New View on Learning . tologo Verlag , Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-9810444-0-1 .
- Daniel Greenberg: A clear view . tologo verlag, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 3-9810444-1-X .
Web links
- The Sudbury Valley School website (English)
- Internet portal of Sudbury start-up initiatives in Germany
- Ting School Berlin
- Democratic School X
- Sudbury School Ammersee
- Sudbury Valley School, short documentary (English, ~ 9 minutes) , 2009, www.teachers.tv
Individual evidence
- ↑ Daniel Greenberg: Free at last! Living and learning at the Sudbury Valley School, Arbor-Verlag, Freiburg 2004, ISBN 3-936855-14-5
- ^ Stefan Dornbach: Time management in vocational education . Wiesbaden 2014, ISBN 978-3-658-06182-1 , pp. 43 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ^ The Sudbury Valley School Press: The Sudbury Valley School: A New View on Learning . tologo verlag, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-9810444-0-1 , p. 114 ff .
Coordinates: 42 ° 19 ′ 28 " N , 71 ° 27 ′ 53" W.