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.
PHILLIP WOODS is Chair in Educational Leadership and Policy in
the Department of Education, University of Gloucestershire, UK.
GLENYS WOODS is Research Fellow in the Department of Education,
University of Gloucestershire, UK.
Table of Contents
Introduction; P.A.Woods& G.J.Woods
The K20 Model for Systemic Educational Change and Sustainability: Addressing
Social Justice in Rural Schools and Implications for Educators in All Contexts;
M.J.O'Hair, L.A.Williams, S.Wilson& P.J.Applegate
Democratic Schools in Latin America? Lessons Learned from the Experiences in
Nicaragua and Brazil; S.Gvirtz& L.Minvielle
The Touching Example of Summerhill School; I.Stronach& H.Piper
Quaker Schools in England: Offering a Vision of an Alternative Society;
H.Johnson
A Buddhist Approach to Alternative Schooling: The Dharma School, Brighton,
UK; C.Erricker
Islamic Schools in the US and Netherlands: Inhibiting or Enhancing Democratic
Dispositions?; M.Merry& G.Driessen
On Their Way Somewhere: Integrated Bilingual Palestinian Jewish Education in
Israel; Z.Bekerman
'Alternative' Maori education? Talking Back/Talking Through Hegemonic Sites of
Power; H.Waitere& M.Court
Starting with the Land: Toward Indigenous Thought in Canadian Education;
C.Haig-Brown& J.Hodson
Montessori and Embodied Education; K.Rathunde
Education for Freedom: The Goal of Steiner/Waldorf Schools; M.Ashley
Pathways to Learning: Deepening Reflective Practice to Explore Democracy,
Connectedness and Spirituality; P.A.Woods& G.J.Woods
304 pages, Hardcover
