What is IDEC
- IDEC - The international Democratic Education Conference is the largest alternative education conference in the world.IDEC was founded in 1993 and has been held each year in a different country: Israel, Austria, Ukraine, Japan, New Zealand, India and USA.
- There are about 30 member countries including: Australia, Austria, Germany, Hungary, UK, Canada, USA, Venezuela, Israel, Palestinian Authority, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Ukraine, New Zealand, Nepal, The Philippeans, India and more.
- Representatives from over 1000 schools and educational organizations attend IDEC.
IDEC Goals
- To promote Democratic Education Worldwide.
- To create a network for communication, sharing and learning of new practices and innovations in the field of democratic education.
- To instill core democratic values as a means of advancing educational innovation.
- To hold an annual gathering of people involved in democratic education worldwide.
What makes IDEC unique?
- IDEC is held in a different location each year and organized locally.
- Members come from a wide variety of organizations and countries worldwide.
- Participants include teachers, students, staff, researchers and educational policy makers worldwide.
- IDEC is exciting- methods of democratic education are presented, experienced, discussed, and shared throughout the conference in different forms.
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