top of page

Alternative working title: "Melina in Wonderschooland"

 

 

The decision for the creation of this documentary was taken during a short period of reflection on the occasion of our stay in the mountainous village of Fourfouras in Rethimnon, Crete, which operates the first School of Nature and Colours in Greece. A bold attempt for a different approach to learning, in the Greek public education system.

 

It was the expected outcome of our choices to live and experience the daily life of the school and its community, through our of 10 y.o. daughter named Melina. The fact of her participation in the specific school environment has raised questions about the nature of education and in connection with the operation of schools of the so called anti-authority education standards, we were intrigued to attach more specifically to the issues raised by the operation of such examples within the existing institutional and social context ...

 

So always keeping in terms with our natural and innate tendency as human living beings, to satisfy our curiosity through research, we "embark" on a journey of discovery of knowledge about the environment in which we live and what we might be living, if we had been born in a different geographical area. We discover the limits of this knowledge by getting to know the people who did practice their visions for a regenerative education and are actively involved in the life of each new practice field of learning, while hearkening the special needs of a child during her development to an adult person.

 

 

About Democratic Education

The special schools exist in all parts of the world and back and are called democratic as they enrich the learning experience in non-directional ways, unlike conventional mainstream education models and they present a very interesting research field.

 

 

 

This documentary will attempt to answer some of the questions arised by the very nature of their existence, with a view to present answers that become more deeply understood on many levels, beginning with the lives of children and their learning environment and reaching the impact and importance of democratic education in the social field.

bottom of page