The 15th International Democratic Education Conference (IDEC) took place between the 8th and the 16th of September 2007, in Mogi das Cruzes, 65 kilometers from São Paulo. The Conference was organized by the Politeia Association (at that time named IDEB), the Laboratory of Studies and Researches on Teaching and Diversity of the University of Campinas (LEPED- Unicamp), the Social and Environmental Institute (ISA) and the School of Education of the University of São Paulo (FE-USP) as a parallel event to the World Education Forum of Alto Tietê (FME-AT).
About 170 people gathered at the event: students, educators, researchers, parents – belonging from 65 organizations in 13 countries: Brazil, Peru, Mexico, Canada, United States of America, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Ukraine, Israel and Japan. When the activities were also open to the World Education Forum’s audience, there were up to 800 people taking part in them.
Those who came from North America, Europe and Asia are part of the international network of democratic education. In order to articulate the Latin-American organizations that could also be part of this network, IDEC organizers listed the organizations in their own networks and sent them a questionnaire about their general conducts and procedures, six months prior to the Conference. Based on the answers to this questionnaire, organizations from different regions of Brazil, a country of continental proportions, and the Latin-American countries mentioned above were invited and effectively took part of IDEC.
This space aims to publicize the thoughts and experiences shared during the conference. Articles, presentations, interviews and the questionnaires mentioned above were organized to make it possible for the readers to know the main subjects of the democratic education, as well as the organizations that take part in the international movement and the conference itself. The articles are in their original language. Volunteers interested in translating them can contact the organizers.

BRINGING THE DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION MOVEMENT TO LATIN AMERICA
Helena Singer – Leped/Unicamp - Brasil


A Educação Democrática e o Conhecimento
The Democratic Education and the Knowledge

WHAT IS DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION?
Yaacov Hecht - The Institute of Democratic Education - Israel

O QUE SE QUER DA EDUCAÇÃO?
Cecilia Hanna Mate - Faculdade de Educação da USP - Brasil

O DESEJO DE APRENDER DO EDUCADOR NO INTERIOR DE UM PROJETO DE FORMAÇÃO
Lilian L. Kelian - Politeia - Brasil

AUTO-REGULAÇÃO: NOTAS PARA UMA PEDAGOGIA ANTI-AUTORITÁRIA
Leonardo José Jeber - Centro Pedagógico da UFMG - Brasil

WILHELM REICH, A CRIANÇA ENTRE ROUSSEAU E FREUD
Zeca Sampaio - FEUSP e Universidade Santa Cecília - Brasil

ARTE INFANTIL Y EDUCACIÓN DEMOCRATICA
Heike Freire - Associón Promoción Educación Democrática/Cuadernos de Pedagogia – Espanha


Experiências de Educação Democrática pelo mundo
Experiences of Democratic Education around the world

A HISTORY OF DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION IN AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
John Loflin - Estados Unidos

ESCOLA DA PONTE
José Pacheco - Portugal

LET’S GET CONNECTED! EDUCATION NETWORK
Sabine Steldinger - Alemanha

SAVE THE CHILDREN
Nelly Claux – Inglaterra/Peru

SECRETARÍA DE EDUCACÍON DEL DISTRITO FEDERAL
Rocio Vázquez – México


O Início de um Movimento no Brasil
The Beginning of a Movement in Brazil

PROJETO EDUCAÇÃO INDÍGENA NO ALTO RIO NEGRO
Marta Azevedo – Amazonas – Brasil

ESCOLA ZUMBI – IDEÁRIO DE POLÍTICA EDUCACIONAL, CONCEITO DE ESCOLA PÚBLICA
Ray Lima – Ceará - Brasil

APRENDIZ COMGAS
Helena Freire Weffort - São Paulo - Brasil

PROJETO DE GENTE
Alexandre Cavalcanti – Bahia - Brasil

ASSOCIAÇÃO CULTURAL CACHUERA!
Renata Celani – São Paulo - Brasil

CIEJA CAMPO LIMPO
Eda Luís - São Paulo - Brasil

EMEF SEBASTIÃO FRANCISCO, O NEGRO
Janaina Stocco Neto – São Paulo - Brasil

ESCOLA TEIA MULTICULTURAL
Georgya Correa - São Paulo - Brasil

ESCOLA CURUMIM
Gláucia de Melo Ferreira – Campinas - Brasil

JACARANDÁ BERÇÁRIO E ED. INFANTIL
Tânia Campos Rezende - São Paulo - Brasil

ESCOLA DE GENTE COMUNICAÇÃO EM INCLUSÃO
Rosane Lowenthal – Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

OUTWARD BOUND BRASIL
Rodrigo Bastos – São Paulo - Brasil

PREFEITURA MUNICIPAL DE NOVA IGUAÇU
Bia Goulart - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

SECRETARIA MUNICIPAL DE EDUCAÇÃO DE SUZANO
Maria Aparecida Perez - São Paulo - Brasil

CENTRO DE ESTUDOS ORIENTAIS DA PUC-SP
Christine Greiner – São Paulo - Brasil


A experiência Democrática da IDEC 2007
The Democratic Experience at IDEC 2007

EDUCAÇÃO DEMOCRÁTICA, DEFINIÇÃO EM CONSTRUÇÃO
Gabriela Yanez – Teia Multicultural - São Paulo - Brasil

A EXPERIÊNCIA DEMOCRÁTICA DURANTE ALGUNS DIAS
Maurício Abelha – Cidade Escola Aprendiz – São Paulo – Brasil

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