Alternative education
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Alternative education encompasses many pedagogical approaches differing from mainstream pedagogy. Such alternative learning environments may be found within state, charter, and independent schools as well as home-based learning environments. Many educational alternatives emphasize small class sizes, close relationships between students and teachers and a sense of community.
The legal framework for such education varies by locality, and determines any obligation to conform with mainstream standard tests and grades
Alternative pedagogical approaches may include different structures, as in the open classroom, different teacher-student relationships, as in the Quaker and free schools, and/or differing curricula and teaching methods, as in the Waldorf and Montessori schools. Synonyms for "alternative" in this context include "non-traditional," "non-conventional" and "non-standardized". Alternative educators use terms such as "authentic", "holistic" and "progressive".
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See also
- Alternative schools
- Alternative university
- Anarchism and education
- Education policy
- Education reform #Alternatives to public education
- European Convention on Human Rights, Article 2
- Exceptional education
- Experiential education
- Freedom of education
- Free school movement
- Homeschooling
- Progressive education
- Special education
- UnCollege
- Unschooling
Forms of alternative education
- Anarchistic free school
- Artful Learning
- Democratic education
- Deschooling
- Free school movement
- Forest kindergarten
- Jiddu Krishnamurti Schools
- Thomas Jefferson Education
- Modern School Movement
Educators
- John Dewey
- Célestin Freinet
- Friedrich Fröbel
- Ivan Illich
- Joseph Jacotot
- Deborah Meier
- Maria Montessori
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Rudolf Steiner
- Jiddu Krishnamurti
Media
- The Forbidden Education, a documentary film about alternative education
Public law on education in the US
