Articles
Why Schooling is a Major Contributor to the [Socio-Economic-Ecological] Crisis – and What Can be Done About it. By Ian Cunningham
Introduction In this essay I will use as my starting point the ‘Manifesto for Change’ elaborated by Robinson et al, 2009. Each of the nine […]
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What is a 21st Century Education? By Ian Cunningham
Some people have suggested that the only change from Victorian schools to those of today is from black to white – blackboards have changed to […]
Read MoreChildren Love to Learn, by Polly Cheer
Since qualifying as a teacher in 1994 I have learnt so much more about how children learn. Out of those 30 six year olds, there […]
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Education – What For? By Fiona Carnie
Successive governments, concerned about the underachievement of British children and the detrimental effect of this underachievement on the economy, have been determined to raise academic […]
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Research into Children’s Rights Education
A Review of Recent Research into Children’s Rights Based Education in State Schools in Hampshire, England by Derry Hannam for the Spring 2011 edition of […]
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What is a Successful Education? By Ross Mountney
That’s a heck of a question! When you think about it deeply that is, and don’t just accept the conventional answers that education is to […]
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Research
Real World Learning: School 21 and XP
Here is a report by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), commissioned by the Edge Foundation (published June 2019), which presents the findings of […]
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Journal of Pedagogy: Home-Based Education
Volume 12 (2021): Issue 1 (June 2021), Special Issue: Home-Based Education Volume 12 of the Journal of Pedagogy ran a special on home education. It […]
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Evidence Base for Self-Directed Education
By Rose Arnold, Suitable-Education.uk, first published October 2021 “Self-directed education is a pedagogy grounded in biology, anthropology, cognitive science, psychology and child development. It is not claimed […]
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The Student Experience of Self Managed Learning (SML): Evidence From Research
By Nicola Sankey, March 2008 (with Introduction by Dr. Graham Dawes) [At the time what is now Self Managed Learning College was Called ‘South Downs […]
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Home Education Trends, Preliminary Report
By Wendy Charles-Warner, EducationOtherwise.org December 2020 This report examines trends in numbers of home educating families in England. The data was obtained by sending freedom […]
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Home-Education: Aims, Practices and Outcomes
By Paula Rothermel, University of Durham, 2002 Abstract This research explores the aims and practices of home-educating families from diverse socio-economic backgrounds. The methodology involves […]
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Preventing school exclusion: a case study of a primary aged autistic child with ADHD and a PDA profile
By Catrina Lyle and Heather Leatherland Catrina Lyle is an advisory teacher within the Communication and Interaction team and Heather Leatherland is a mainstream primary […]
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A Summary of Research on Self Managed Learning
The material in this document is just a small snapshot of the extensive evaluations carried out on Self Managed Learning with young people. It includes […]
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Learning from the COVID-19 home-schooling experience: Listening to pupils, parents/carers and teachers
A report by Mari-Ana Jones (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) and Sara Bubb (University College London Institute of Education): “In Spring 2020, schools in […]
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Staff of 2030: Future-Ready Teaching
In the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Staff of 2030: Future-Ready Teaching report Esther Wojcicki advocates “20% time” to introduce self-directed learning into the schedule: “This should […]
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Happy New Year!
Wishing you the best for a happy 2023. May this new year bring much inspiration to us all for reimagining education. 2022 was an exciting […]
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Progressive Education Events Line Up
June 15th, 11am BST – How can educators prepare students for adult life? Live webinar in the Progressive Education Group:- Ortal Green will share with […]
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Announcing a series of 5 FREE events by Progressive Education and Omnis Education
We are delighted to be collaborating with Omnis Education to bring you a series of five live webinars in our Progressive Education Group on Facebook. […]
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Live Events in the Progressive Education Group
We are excited to announce the launch of Progressive Education Facebook Lives which will be taking place in our Progressive Education Group on Facebook. These […]
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Response to UNESCO’s ‘Education in a Post-Covid World’ Report
In UNESCO’s Progress Update on the Futures of Education, published in March 2021, UNESCO denied the value of Self-Directed Education and autonomous learning, despite much significant scientific evidence […]
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Right to Education and the French Authoritarian Context
Three European organisations advocating human rights and freedom in education – ALLI asbl (Luxemboug), Les Enfants d’Abord (France), and Full Human Rights-Experience Education – as […]
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What Are Your Training Needs?
Courses/workshops on progressive education coming soon: Please feed back as to what content and format you require. Progressive Education is collaborating with Holistic Learning and […]
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Do Students Need to “Catch Up?”
There is much talk in the news at the moment about students needing to “catch up” post Covid-19, but is this extra pressure on parents, […]
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‘Drill and kill’ for England’s state schools while private sector goes progressive
“As ministers persist with traditional teaching, including children sitting in rows, independent schools have switched to team and project-based learning. There’s been a huge change […]
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The Long, Insidious Shadows of Colonialism
“There’s a virus going around. You may have heard of it. It’s highly infectious and can infect whole swathes of the population at any given […]
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