Wikipedia:WikiProject Alternative education

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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Alternative education. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.

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1 Scope
2 Tasks
- 2.1 Focus articles
- 2.2 Adopt an article
3 General discussion forums
4 Other subpages
5 Templates
6 Categories
7 Participants
8 Related Wikiportals
- 8.1 Sister Project Searches

[edit] Scope

This WikiProject aims to develop and standardize content related to alternative and non-traditional education. Long term goals could include developing alternative education content for Wikipedia:Sister projects and further development of the Portal:Education to help make the use of Wikipedia more efficient for practitioners of alternative education.

[edit] Tasks

Special Issue needs consensus input.

Develop and implement a system of country-neutral education terminology to be used throughout the project.
Identify articles related to Alternative education and add them to the Alternative education category and to the appropriate section of the adopt an article list.
Identify articles related more specifically to Homeschooling and add them to Homeschooling subcategory and to the appropriate section of the adopt an article list.
Adopt an article from the list. This would involve doing the research, writing, and picture-taking (if possible) for either a non-existent article or a stub. Of course, everyone else can still edit an adopted article, and you can work on other things too, but the idea is to find a focus for a while, to try and build up the number of quality articles the Project has produced.
Search legal decisions for anti-homeschooling/alternative education arguments. Also search for anti-HS/AE groups, unions, legislative activity. Findings can help add to multiple articles in the Project.
Most articles in this project have a need for improvement in worldwide view. International input is needed.

[edit] Focus articles

These articles have been selected as having top priority for development by this WikiProject.

Alternative education; the article on which this Project rides—~~new stub, needs serious development~~ moved to expand, needs more work
Education reform; great start, lots of info, needs cleaned up
Homeschooling; the most popular form of alternative education today—great start, needs more quality sourcing, photos, & refinement
John Caldwell Holt; considered by many the "father" of the modern homeschooling movement—needs serious development

Sometimes Distance Education is also considered to be Alternative Education.This is a matter of debate.We can consider thus only when we think that traditional education, and distance education are watertight compartments.But education, is education and should be viewed holistically. A.S.Guha Indira Gandhi National Open University.

[edit] Adopt an article

Note: These articles were given a quick review and put on one list only. Many of them may be on the wrong list or belong on multiple lists. If you would like to make a change, make a suggestion.

Requests:

Calvert Day School, Child-study, Deschooling Society, Friends school, Invited learning, Krishnamurti school, Libertarian Education, National Home Education Research Institute, Transpersonal education, Umbrella school,

Expand stubs:

A Beka Book, Adult high school, Catherine Baker, Compulsory education, Phoebe Child, Environmental education, Kurt Hahn, Homeschool Alumni, Grace Llewellyn, Mass education, Networked learning, Open classroom, Pedagogy, Growing Without Schooling, California Virtual Academies, Connections Academy, Proactive Academics, SWCHA, Vision Forum, Washington Homeschool Organization,

Expand articles:

Alternative education, Amos Bronson Alcott, The Circle School, The Dalton School, Daniel Greenberg, Deschooling, Early college entrance program, Educational technology, Lifelong learning, Videobook, Vocational education, Youth voice, ~~Jeff Bradstreet~~, Paulo Freire, Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel, David Guterson, Gwinnett Christian Home Educators, Joshua Harris, ~~John T. Plecnik~~, Andragogy, Educational progressivism, Humanistic education, How to Read a Book, Ivan Illich, Instructional theory, Learning, Outdoor education, Paideia, Francis Wayland Parker, Helen Parkhurst, Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Ropes course, Socratic method, Rudolf Steiner, Sudbury Valley School, Summerhill School, Taking Children Seriously, The Teaching Company, ~~Theory of cognitive development~~,

Wikify:

E-mentoring, Gregg Harris, M-learning,

NPOV:

Home School Legal Defense Association, Montessori method,

Merge:

E-learning/Online learning,

Cleanup:

Accelerated Christian Education, Biblical courtship, Charter school, Constructivism (learning theory), Democratic school, Distance education, Early childhood education, Education voucher, Gifted education, Harvard Classics, John Caldwell Holt, Inquiry education, McGuffey Readers, Philosophy of education, Neil Postman, Special education, Student voice, Sudbury school, Universal preschool, Web-based training, Youth mentoring,

Refine/polish:

John Dewey, Bill Gothard, Homeschooling, A. S. Neill, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Science Bowl, Waldorf Education,

Other issues:

Experiential education, List of education topics, List of Friends Schools, List of Sudbury Schools, List of Waldorf Schools, Jimmy Wales,

[edit] General discussion forums

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[edit] Other subpages

/Related articles

[edit] Templates

To be placed at the top of talk pages of articles covered by the associated WikiProject:

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This article is part of a WikiProject to improve Wikipedia's articles related to Alternative education. For guidelines see WikiProject Alternative education and Wikipedia:Contributing FAQ.