ORCID
- Cath Gristy: 0000-0002-2444-7371
Abstract
From the first co-operative trust school at Reddish Vale in Manchester in 2006, the following decade would witness a remarkable growth of ‘co-operative schools’ in England, which at one point numbered over 850. This paper outlines the key development of democratic education by the co-operative schools network. It explains the approach to democracy and explores the way values were put into practice. At the heart of co-operativism lay a tension between engaging with technical everyday reforms and utopian transformative visions of an educational future. A new arena of debate and practice was established with considerable importance for our understanding of democratic education within the mainstream.
DOI Link
Publication Date
2022-12-01
Publication Title
Journal of Philosophy of Education
Volume
56
Issue
6
ISSN
0309-8249
Acceptance Date
2022-08-28
Deposit Date
2022-11-14
Embargo Period
2022-11-15
Keywords
co-operative, co-operative schools, democracy, movement, school
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Recommended Citation
Woodin, T., & Gristy, C. (2022) 'Democracy and schooling: The paradox of co‐operative schools in a neoliberal age?', Journal of Philosophy of Education, 56(6). Available at: 10.1111/1467-9752.12690
