ORCID
- Haynes, Joanna: 0000-0003-0510-4565
Abstract
This article explores the context for the accompanying suite of papers on creating and sustaining democratic spaces in education. Prompted by the centenary of Summerhill, the internationally famous democratic school founded in Suffolk, England, in 1921, by A.S. Neill, this collection of papers explores and broadens out the central questions at the heart of experiments in democratic education. We suggest that, at a time of distrust in and questioning of the central institutions of democratic government, and in the wake of challenges to the mainstream system of state schooling, these questions are more relevant than ever. We argue that detailed attention to the everyday practice of creating democratic spaces in a variety of educational and social contexts can highlight the myriad ways in which educators, students, families and communities can keep democratic values and principles alive, thereby enriching our discussions about the meaning and value of democratic education.
DOI
10.1111/1467-9752.12710
Publication Date
2022-12-21
Publication Title
Journal of Philosophy of Education
Volume
56
Issue
6
First Page
939
Last Page
942
ISSN
0309-8249
Embargo Period
2023-12-21
Organisational Unit
Institute of Education
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Haynes, J., & Suissa, J. (2022) 'Creating and sustaining democratic spaces in education', Journal of Philosophy of Education, 56(6), pp. 939-942. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9752.12710
