We are very pleased to announce that PEREGRINE School in TASMANIA has agreed to host the 2014 ADEC Conference.

The dates for this gathering are Sunday 28th – Tuesday 30th September 2014.

The gathering will start on Sun evening and conclude Tuesday afternoon. Times to be announced later.

I would like to thank Imogen Hunt, the students, other teachers and members of the community for creating this opportunity for us to all meet in their part of the world. Peregrine school is situated in Nicholls Rivulet about 45 kms south of Hobart. It is in a rural setting and cars are the main means of transport. Imogen advises it is wise to hire them early as there can be a demand on hire cars in Tasmania. So for those considering attending it might be worth connecting up early so that we can organise some car sharing and pooling.  The general theme of the meeting will be around PLAY.

ADEC AGM will be held during the meeting.

When they become available we will put more details about the conference on the ADEC website and the ADEC Facebook page.

We hope many of you will be able to join us.

The 21st Annual International Democratic Education Conference was held in Boulder, Colorado from August 4-8, 2013.

For more news about IDEC2013 see Report by Jerry Minzt in AERO NEWSLETTER 11th August 2013 and “What if School Were Out Forever?” a piece in The Huffington Post about IDEC 2013 and other interesting things.

IDEC2014 will be held July 28 – Aug 2, 2014 in Gwangmyeong, South Korea.

IDEC2015 will be held in NEW ZEALAND so we have some opportunities for strengthening the connections in our region.

COMMUNITY & COLLABORATION and what makes a healthy & vibrant community were the central ideas at the recent ADEC conference hosted by Pine Community school in Brisbane from Friday 5th-Sunday 7th Oct 2012.

The Plains, Mountain, Rainforest and Island Peoples gathered together

For so long education has been expressed as the Three Rs, with occasionally a recognition of a C or two but I think Pine Community, as expressed by Maris Element, Principal of Pine Community School, has given us the Three Hs – HANDS, HEART and HEAD!

Our gathering was a wonderful mixture of them all and enabled us to have so much interaction, active learning and fun. True to their promise they once again showed us by example how the children and students, through introducing us to life on PLANET ENIP, can be co-learners with the adults and leaders in the learning process. They led us in a wonderful experience of story and play as the Mountain People, Rainforest People, Island People and Orange People of the Plains.
For more details about the conference look at ADEC Newsletter No17.

Visit the ADEC Conference website to see some photos of the conference and for access to Dr Marcus Bussey’s papers and to share your comments about the conference.

Only two months to go – we can’t wait! Hope you are can join us.
Early bird registrations close 31st August. So don’t delay – register now!

Friday (evening) 5th – Sunday 7th October 2012.

The 21st IDEC will be held in Boulder, Colorado, USA, 4th-8th August 2013. For more information visit IDEC 2013.

2012 ADEC Conference will be hosted by Pine Community School in Brisbane, Friday (evening) 5th – Sunday 7th October 2012.
The theme will focus on “COMMUNITY”, family, local, global. Anyone interested in presenting a workshop contact Maris Element.

AAPAE’s 10th Annual Gathering and Conference was hosted by Currambena School, Sydney on Friday 30 September to Sunday 2 October 2011.
Conference report and newsletter

20^th IDEC will be held in CAGUAS, PUERTO RICO 24^th-31^st March 2012. Get more details or or be included on the IDEC mailing list.