Janneke en Claartje talk about the process of creating this special book. 69 interviews with more than 80 former students. What is the common thread in all these stories?

Supplemented with the values ​​within a democratic school

Peter Hartkamp (1961), after studying mining engineering at the Technical University in Delft and working for a Dutch Petroleum Company, moved in 1994 with his wife and three daughters to the Sultanate of Oman, where the children attended a Dutch primary school. In 1998, the family moved back to the Netherlands. Since then education, education law and human rights has constantly demanded his attention.

Peter Gray is a research professor of psychology at Boston College who has conducted and published research in neuroendocrinology, developmental psychology, anthropology, and education.

Dorianne and Ruud have been active in democratic education ever since they started their own school 'De Ruimte' in the Netherlands, 21 years ago.

Now they come to speak to us about their fast experience in all thinkable matters that are involved in starting, growing and sustaining a school for democratic education.

Freedom in democratic education is the principle of choosing what, when, where, how and with whom you want to learn and develop yourself. But what is freedom?