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STORIES FOR SOCIETY - BERÄTTELSER FÖR SAMHÄLLET
Texts and links
If you read Swedish language, please visit our Swedish equivalent page which provides several original and useful references in Swedish language.
www.bris.se - Children's Rights in Society
www.childhood.se - World Childhood Foundation
Bill Drayton - The founder of Ashoka, the world's leading organization for the promotion of social entrepreneurship, who believes that empathy (particularly through group play) is the most important skill we can teach our children for the future. Drayton was considered in 2005 as one of America's 25 best leaders.
www.fryshuset.se - Fryshuset, the world's largest youth center
www.ipa-sweden.org - International Play Association in Sweden
ipaworld.org - International Play Association worldwide
www.rb.se - Save the Children in Sweden
Sir Ken Robinson, Well-known activist within the fields of creativity, innovation and the development of human resources. His most recent book is "The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything." (Viking Adult, 2009)
Watch this astounding film about the pace of change in our world that pedagogics have to keep up with.
Our own important texts and links
Article about Stories for Society published in Your Living City.
Letter from the Island - Julie's monthly column in Nordstjernan occasionally comments on issues relating to children and youth in society. The column reaches 35 000 readers from the East to the West Coasts of the United States. Read a sample columns: Everyone's a Lingon (Pdf-file, ca 45 K) and Evolution or Madness (Pdf-file, ca 50 K)
Julie's Nordic Island - Julie's blog at The Local: Sweden's News in English reaching a half a million unique viewers per month. Occasionally comments on issues relating to youth and children.
Image created by student at Skytteholms School, Solna, Sweden, 2010.
“I wonder: Why can't we reach those students who goof off , are noisy or daydream? What is it that kills their curiosity, and desire to learn and develop?...teaching (must) become more varied. Knowledge must be brought in and adapted...We should put greater weight on projects in which the teacher's role becomes the group leader's rather than the lecturer's."
”Schools should more often use culture in learning situations. Let students perform, sing and dance themselves to knowledge. Drawing upon culture it is possible to work with many senses at the same time, with the conscious and with the sub-conscious. Knowledge absorbed in this way also becomes more real. "
Anders Carlberg, “Generationsklyftan hotar demokratin” (Hjalmarson & Högberg, 2002) - our translation from this book by the founder of Fryshuset, the world's largest youth center.
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