'Democratic alternatives in education: Provocations from the Portuguese Modern School Movement.' Dr. Diana Sousa, University College London
suggested readings below (all free access online)
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Sousa, D. (2020) 'Towards a democratic ECEC system’. In Cameron, C. and Moss, P. (Eds)
Transforming Early Childhood in England: Towards a Democratic Education. London, UCL
Press. 151 - 169.
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Freinet, C. (1995) Cooperative Learning and Social Change. Selected Writings of Célestin Freinet (eds.
Clandfield, D. and Sivell J.) Toronto: Our Schools/OurSelves OISE Publishing.
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Dewey, J. and Dewey E. (1915) The Schools of Tomorrow. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company
Dewey, J. (1897) ‘My pedagogic creed’. School Journal, 54, 77–80.
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