David Gribble – Democratic Education Website

By Peter · January 3, 2018 · Comments Off
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David Gribble – Democratic Education Website

David Gribble has been at the centre of Democratic Education in the UK and beyond for many years. He has recently developed a powerful and lovely website devoted to his work. You will find David’s books, articles, talks and other material. We are delighted to highly recommend David’s site and will look forward to drawing upon his insights.

If you’ve not come across David yet the following will whet your appetite!

My Life in Education:

At present	Editor for the Lib Ed collective Member of the editorial board of Other Education.
From 2000 to 2016	Co-ordinator of IDEN, the International Democratic Education Network
2011	Authoritarian Schooling: a Catalogue of Damage
2010	Children Don’t Start Wars, Peace News
1992 – the present	After retiring from teaching, visited unusual places of education around the world, writing books about them and giving talks in many different countries.
1992 – 2010	Trustee of the Phoenix Education Trust
2006	Worlds Apart, Libertarian Education: book of the week in The Times Educational Supplement
2004	Lifelines, Libertarian Education: book of the week in the Times Educational Supplement.
2002	A Really Good School, Seven-Ply Yarns: Victoria Glendinning’s book of the year in The Daily Telegraph.
1998	Real Education: Varieties of Freedom, Libertarian Education: book of the week in The Times Educational Supplement
1987 – 1992:	Sands School, Ashburton: I was one of the joint founders and taught a wide variety of subjects. Sands School is, with Summerhill, the leading democratic school in Britain.
1963 – 1987	Dartington Hall School, Middle and Junior Schools, teaching French, English and general subjects. Dartington Hall School, which closed in 1987, was the inspiration for Sands School.
1985	Considering Children : Dorling Kindersley: “The best book about progressive education since A. S. Neill and Curry were in their prime.” (Lord Young of Dartington)
1962	Lawrence Weston Comprehensive School Bristol, teaching French and English.
1961	Kilquhanity House School, Kircudbright, teaching French. Kilquhanity was based on Summerhill principles.
1959-1961	Dartington Hall Senior School, teaching German, French and Maths.
1956-1959	Repton School, Derbyshire, teaching French and German. Repton is a traditional, independent school and was at this time for boys only.
1953-1956	Cambridge University, reading Modern Languages: editor of Granta, the university magazine: prominent contributor to the Footlights revues.
1951-1953	Austria and France two months each, secretarial college for six months, a few months in a retail tobacco business, six months teaching at a preparatory school in Ealing.
1946-1951	Eton College
1941-1946	Connaught House Preparatory School, Somerset
1932-1941	Educated at home and at a local family school in Sussex.
1932	Born in London.