Inspiration
Here is a selection of things that inspire us
Projects that inspire us
Transformative mentoring and rite of passage project:
www.boystomen.org.za
Etienne Wenger’s work in Communities of Practice:
www.ewenger.com
Two extraordinary schools:
www.bedales.org.uk and www.brockwood.org.uk
An excellent centre for adult education:
www.emerson.org.uk
Centre for Non-Violent Communication:
www.cnvc.org
Interesting innovations for schools:
www.ierg.net
Centre for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel
www.handinhandk12.org
Texts that inspire us
We draw inspiration from various sources. Here are some of our favourites.
Prof Jansen’s dream of a school (29 KB)
Benjamin Franklin on education in 18th century America (25 KB)
Everett Reimer’s superb School is Dead (819 KB – a 123 page book)
Neil Postman and Charles Weingartners’ excellent Teaching as a Subversive Activity (1,2 MB – 185 pages)
Poem by founder of the Reggio Emilia schools in Italy: The Hundred Languages
The book “Amusing Ourselves to Death” by Neil Postman (26 MB – 203 pages)
Movies that inspire
The movie Taare Zameen Par (English subtitles)
The movie Schooling the World at http://schoolingtheworld.org
Several other short inspiring movies about education on this site too (http://schoolingtheworld.org/resources/video/)
“Alike” (A Pixar short film of 8 minutes)
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