LabSchoolsEurope

Benedict Kurz is a Research Fellow at Bielefeld University's Faculty of Educational Science.Christian Timo Zenke is an Assistant Professor at Bielefeld University's Faculty of Educational Science.

Across Europe, laboratory schools find new ways to tackle the educational issues of our time. Their work is guided by educational experimentation and the aim to strengthen the bond between educational practice and research. In this book, lab schools from Bielefeld, Brno, Cambridge, Paris, and Vienna provide unique insights into how they bring John Dewey's framework for a lab school to life. This book is the result of the Erasmus+ project "LabSchoolsEurope: Participatory Research for Democratic Education". It is a testament to the potential of collaborating across borders.Impuls Laborschule Band 12

In this book, lab schools from Bielefeld, Brno, Cambridge, Paris, and Vienna provide unique insights into how they bring John Dewey's framework for a lab school to life.

Elizabeth MorleyForeword ......................................................................................................7Christian Timo Zenke and Benedict KurzLaboratory schools: A new approach towardsparticipatory research and democratic education in Europe .............................13Kirsten Beadle, Jan Wilhelm Dieckmann, Christine Drah,Nicole Freke, Cornelia Hofmann, Benedict Kurz, Annette Textor andChristian Timo ZenkeLaborschule Bielefeld:Doing teacher research in an embryonic society ..............................................25Pascale Haag and Marlène MartinLab School Paris: An educational living lab .....................................................53Jana Chocholatá, Monika Mandelícková, Gabriela Oaklandová andBretislav SvozilLabyrinth Lab School Brno:Creating a socially responsible learning community .........................................75James Biddulph, Luke Rolls, Aimee Durning, Elena Natale andEllen MillarThe University of Cambridge Primary School:Releasing the imagination of a new democratic education .............................103Gabriele Kulhanek-Wehlend, Stefanie Wagner, Harald Knecht,Oliver Wagner and Adrian SchnitzlerUniversity College of Teacher Education Vienna:Cooperation between schools and university with a focuson democratic education ...............................................................................131About all authors ...........................................................................................151