Books in the Palgrave Studies in Alternative Education series

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

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.

This book examines the European discussion about alternative schooling in the 20th century. It refers to a stream of concepts that are often described as New Education, Progressive Education, Education Nouvelle or Reformpadagogik, and discusses a range of different models of alternative schooling.

This book examines the experiences and perspectives of students and teachers at an alternative music school, which caters for young learners who have been marginalised and disenfranchised from mainstream schooling.

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