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Sudbury SchoolBy Diachenko Tatiana


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What is Sudbury?

A Sudbury school is a type of school, usually forthe K-12 age range, where students hae

co!plete responsibility for their own education,and the school is run by direct de!ocracy in whichstudents and sta" are e#uals$ Studentsindiidually decide what to do with their ti!e, and

tend to learn as a by-product of ordinarye%perience rather than through coursework$ Thereis no predeter!ined educational syllabus,

prescriptie curriculu! or standardi&edinstruction$ This is a for! of de!ocratic education$


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Defnition

'hile there is no acde(nition of a Sudbschool, the intendedwithin a Sudbury sc

been described withwords as reedom,respect, responsiand democracy$


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Origins

The na!e )Sudbury) originates fro! the Sudbury*alley School, founded in 1+ in .ra!ingha!,/assachusetts, near Sudbury, /assachusetts$

Though there are di"erent understandings ofwhat constitutes a Sudbury /odel School, orbody capable of creating an o0cial de(nition,

there are now !ore than schools that identifythe!seles with Sudbury around the world$So!e, though not all, include Sudbury in theirna!e$ These schools operate as independententities and are not for!ally associated in anyway


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What they believe in

Sudbury schools are based on

13 The educational belie that children are e%tre!ely good therefore do not need to be taught3 the !ain behaiors they as adults, such as creatiity, i!agination, alertness, curiositythoughtfulness, responsibility and 5udge!ent$ 'hat children

e%perience, which can be gained if adults guide students in o

23 The sociopolitical belie that haing full de!ocratic righchildhood is the best way to beco!e an adult who is co!fortfunctioning within a de!ocracy$


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The idea

The funda!ental pre!iseschool are si!ple6 that all pcurious by nature7 that thee0cient, long-lasting, and learning takes place when pursued by the learner7 tha

are creatie if they are allodeelop their uni#ue talent!i%ing a!ong students progrowth in all !e!bers of thand that freedo! is essentdeelop!ent of personal

responsibility$


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School democracy

All aspects of goerning a Su

School are deter!ined by th

School /eeting$

School /eeting passes, a!repeals school rules, !anag

school)s budget, and decide

and (ring of sta"$ 8ach indipresent 9 including student

9 has an e#ual ote, and !decisions are !ade by si!p


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School democracy

School rules are nor!allyco!piled in a law book, updatedrepeatedly oer ti!e, which for!sthe school)s code of law$ Thereare usually rules re#uiring aninestigation, a hearing, a trial, asentence, and allowing for anappeal, generally following thephilosophy that students face theconse#uences of their own

behaior$


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Learning

The Sudbury pedagogical philosophy !ay be su!!athus6 Learning is a natural by-product o all humactivity Learning is sel-initiated and sel-motiv

There are !any ways to learn$

:earning is a process you do, not a process that is dyou$

The presence and guidance of a teacher are not nec


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Learning

The free e%change of ideafree conersation and intebetween people proides e%posure to areas that !areleant and interesting tstudents$ Students of all a

older students learn fro! students as well as ice presence of older studentrole !odels, both positienegatie, for younger stud


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Learning

;!plicitly and e%plicitly, studentsare gien responsibility for theirown education6 The only persondesigning what a student will learnis the student hi!self$ 8%ceptions

are when a student asks for aparticular class or arranges anapprenticeship$ Sudbury schoolsdo not co!pare or rank students9 the school re#uires no tests,ealuations, or transcripts$


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!eading

o one who !eets their older students cou

age at which they (rst learned to read$


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Do you have teachers in yourschool?

'e hae adults$ They)re calledsta" !e!bers and they doso!eti!es teach, as do !anyof the kids, but their !ain

purpose is to be here asresources, as people who help!ake sure the school is runningproperly, and as role !odels forwhat it)s like to be a grownup$


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"omparison #ith related mode

The !odel di"ers in so!e ways fro! other types of de!ocratic schoolsschools, but there are !any similarities6

De-e!phasis of classes6 There is no curriculu! or set of re#uired coulearner interest guides things, with students studying what they wan

There are generally no classroo!s, 5ust roo!s where people choose congregate$

Age !i%ing6 students are not separated into age-groups of any kind a

allowed to !i% freely, interacting with those younger and older than free age-!i%ing is e!phasi&ed as a powerful tool for learning and deall ages$

Autono!ous de!ocracy6 parents hae li!ited inole!ent or no inthe school ad!inistration7 Sudbury schools are run by a de!ocratic s!eeting where the students and sta" participate e%clusiely and e#u!eetings are also the sole authority on hiring and (ring of sta", unlikschools

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