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Human Scale Education is working to encourage a more holistic and child-centred approach to education both within and outside the maintained sector. The charity supports groups of parents and teachers wishing to establish their own community-run small school or learning centre and is pressing for public funding for innovative educational projects. Over 30 alternative schools are members of Human Scale Education. www.hse.org.uk Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship exists to support Steiner Waldorf Schools in the UK. These schools are based on the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner, who saw education as a process of gradual awakening of the self. His philosophy is child-centred and based on his belief in the importance of childhood in determining how we live our lives. There are over 30 Steiner schools and 40 kindergartens in the UK. www.steinerwaldorf.org.uk Montessori Centre International supports Montessori schools in the UK, of which there are over 700, mostly for early years education. The schools subscribe to the philosophy of Maria Montessori, an Italian doctor who believed that children are naturally motivated to learn. She developed a system to help them become independent and self-directed learners. www.montessori.ac.uk
Education Otherwise is a membership organisation offering support and information to home-educating families and for those who wish to uphold the freedom of families to take responsibility for the education of their children. www.education-otherwise.org Flexi-time Schooling is when a family chooses to share responsibility for their child's education with the school and sends the child to school on a part-time basis. www.warwick-district.org.uk/flexi Free
Range Education is a website dedicated to
providing information about educating at home. This includes an email
advice service. Home Education Advisory Service is a membership organisation which offers support and produces resources and a regular newsletter. www.heas.org.uk Personalised Education Now is a publishing cooperative which produces a newsletter and books on home education and other educational alternatives. www.gn.apc.org/educationnow www.educationnow.gn.apc.org Schoolhouse offers support and advice to home educators in Scotland. www.schoolhouse.org.uk ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES WITHIN THE STATE SYSTEM Antidote campaigns for an emotionally literate society and provides information and support to encourage emotional literacy in schools www.antidote.org.uk Community Education Development Centre supports schools in finding ways to engage and work with their local community www.cedc.org.uk Creative Partnerships exists to encourage the development of creativity in schools. www.creative-partnerships.com Development Education Association supports and promotes the work of all those engaged in raising awareness and understanding of global and development issues in the UK www.dea.org.uk Human Scale Education believes that children learn best in small scale settings in which they can be valued as individuals. It supports small classes, small schools and the restructuring of large schools into smaller units. www.hse.org.uk Learning Through Landscapes advises schools wishing to make the best possible use of their school grounds for environmental purposes and as a learning resource www.ltl.org.uk Organic Schools Network advises schools wishing to establish an organic garden in their grounds www.hdra.org.uk/schools_organic_network Schools Council UK assists schools wishing to become more democratic through the establishment of a school council. www.schoolcouncils.org.uk WWF UK has an education department which encourages education for sustainability in schools. www.wwflearning.co.uk |