Escola da Ponte
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Escola da Ponte (English: School of the Bridge) is an [1] in an elementary school, located in São Tomé de Negrelos, Portugal, which was started by José Francisco Pacheco in 1976 and follows the principles of democratic education. The school is organized and totally run by students, mainly governed by a weekly deliberative assembly[2] with them and the professors and the parents. Students also there are not divided in classes but in dynamic groups, and they choose what to study having as the main criteria, what they want to learn.[3]
It has embodied in classrooms successfully.[4]
References[]
- ^ Open Plan Schools in Portugal: Failure or Innovation?, by Miguel Martinho and José Freire da Silva, PEB Exchange 2008/12, OECD 2008
- ^ Escola da Ponte, Adam Fletcher, May 12, 2015
- ^ A new education is possible, Written by Maria Occarina Macedo, May 30, 2012
- ^ Escola da Ponte, Adam Fletcher, May 12, 2015
External links[]
- What have you done today to change the world? A different learning method, by Cláudia Gomes Oliveira, Van Der Love, April 10, 2018
- A new education is possible, Written by Maria Occarina Macedo, May 30, 2012
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