Bücher der Reihe Palgrave Studies in Alternative Education

This book presents a selection of case studies of pioneers in arts education who were working in the United Kingdom in the period 1890 to 1950. Focusing on music, drama, and visual arts and crafts, the editors and contributors examine the impact these individuals had on developing innovative approaches to these subject areas and how they drew on perspectives that emphasised the need for children's self-expression. The chapters offer an analysis of the pioneers' beliefs and values, with a particular emphasis on their ideological positions about identity, nation, and what constituted 'good taste'. The book further examines how their ideas were disseminated, in so doing interrogating the concept of 'influence' in educational theory and practice.

By critically examining the everyday nature of 'normal' schooling, the book demonstrates that many aspects of schooling are not necessarily beneficial to pupils, and can be directly harmful: in doing so, the author imagines a future of schooling that could better support and benefit its students.

This book explores contemporary developments in outdoor learning, where the outdoors is seen as the context rather than the subject of learning.

This book explores the history of the unschooling movement and the forces shaping the trajectory of the movement in current times.

This book expands the concept of homeplace with contemporary Black homeschooling positioned as a form of resistance among single Black mothers.

This book presents a selection of case studies of pioneers in arts education who were working in the United Kingdom in the period 1890 to 1950.

With around 1,150 Waldorf Schools and over 1,800 Waldorf Kindergartens established in over 60 countries, this book examines and analyses how the initial impulse of Steiner education has grown over the last century to become a worldwide alternative movement in education.

This book provokes a conversation about what supportive schooling contexts for both students and teachers might look like, and considers how schooling can contribute to a more socially-just society.

This book examines the increasing popularity of online citizen science projects arising from developments in ICT and rapid improvements in data storage and generation.

This book introduces six pedagogues from the German context to an English-speaking audience, and demonstrates their significant contribution to the field of alternative education.

Using extensive qualitative and empirical data from young people's conversations following storytelling performances in secondary schools in the UK, the author considers the benefits of stories and storytelling for learning and the subsequent emotional, behavioural and social connections to story and other genres of narrative.

This book examines the increasing popularity of online citizen science projects arising from developments in ICT and rapid improvements in data storage and generation.