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{"id":714,"date":"2009-01-10T23:54:19","date_gmt":"2009-01-10T22:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sappir.nfshost.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=714"},"modified":"2013-03-30T10:59:49","modified_gmt":"2013-03-30T08:59:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.didyoulearnanything.net\/about\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Michael"},"content":{"rendered":"

The short version:<\/strong>\u00a0I’m a Jerusalemite, back in Israel after five years in Leipzig, Germany, where I studied and worked in theoretical linguistics. Now I work in an office and take part in Leftist political activities on my free time. I’m a founding member of the European Democratic Education Community (EUDEC<\/a>) and before that I was a co-founder and alumnus of Sudbury Jerusalem, a Sudbury school in Israel.<\/p>\n

The long version:<\/strong><\/p>\n

EDUCATION<\/h3>\nIn 2001-2, at the age of 14, I was involved in starting Sudbury Jerusalem, Jerusalem’s first (and so far only) Sudbury school<\/a>, which I then attended for four years as a student. I was (and am) the school’s first graduate.\u00a0 I have since continued to care about democratic education, and for years I have been speaking, sporadically, about democratic education, mainly giving talks for school startup groups. I’ve listed some of my talks below<\/a>.<\/p>\n
In 2007, I became involved in creating the European Democratic Education Community and organizing the EUDEC 2008 conference. In 2008, at EUDEC’s founding assembly, I decided to put my experience in democratic meetings to work and ran for Council, EUDEC’s managing board. I remained a highly active member of EUDEC Council until 2011, when I stepped down to focus on my degree studies, and was Chairman of Council from late 2009 until then.<\/p>\n
LANGUAGE<\/h3>\n
Since I began my studies in 2008, linguistics<\/a> has become an important part of my life. I am mainly interested in generativist theories of morphology and syntax (which I often think of as one thing called morphosyntax). A while back I wrote about why I like something as boring as grammar here: “Why Grammar?”<\/a> For more about that stuff, see\u00a0 my Linguistics page<\/a>.<\/p>\n
PEACE<\/h3>\n
I’ve always been concerned with my homeland (Israel)’s prospects for peace. A feeling of hopelessness was part of the background for my leaving. For a while I tried to avoid this painful topic, but it caught up with me eventually, and for the past couple of years in Germany, I couldn’t help but follow the goings-on in Israel with sad horrified fascination and an intense need to do something to change things. So, after completing my degree, I moved back.<\/p>\n
OTHER FINE THINGS<\/h3>\n
Other than democratic education and linguistics, I am very interested in civil rights and liberties, gender, privilege, and intersectionality, strategy and politics<\/a>, and the Internet<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Below are some interviews I’ve given, and some of my talks and articles, mainly about democratic education. Linguistics stuff is on the Linguistics page<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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Interviews<\/h1>\n
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(January, 2009) Sandra Anusiewicz-Baer: “Powermentsch”,\u00a0 Familienmentsch<\/a> [German]<\/li>\n
(June 29, 2008) Simone Kosog: \u00abFreiheit macht Kinder klug!\u00bb<\/span>,\u00a0 Tagesspiegel<\/a> (also run in Potsdamer Neuste Nachrichten, see scan here:\u00a0 link<\/a>) [German]<\/li>\n
(August 3, 2005) Ole Schulz: \u00abIndustrielle Schulen ruinieren Sch\u00fcler\u00bb<\/span>,\u00a0 taz<\/a> [German]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Articles<\/h1>\n
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(March 2009)\u00a0“You say you want a revolution?”<\/span>,\u00a0 unerzogen\u00a0magazine<\/a> (German)<\/li>\n
(Spring 2008)\u00a0\u00abMan kann sagen, was man will\u00bb<\/span>,\u00a0 unerzogen\u00a0magazine<\/a>(German, English title “The Secret Weapon”)\n
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English pdf:\u00a0 download here<\/a> (my final draft, before translation and editing by\u00a0unerzogen)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
(2008)\u00a0\u00abDie demokratische Struktur einer Sudbury-Schule\u00bb<\/span> and\u00a0\u00abSelbstregulierende Demokratie\u00bb<\/span> in\u00a0 Demokratische Grundschule – Mitbestimmung von Kindern \u00fcber ihr Leben und Lernen<\/a> [German], Universit\u00e4t Siegen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Talks and appearances<\/h1>\n
2012<\/h2>\n
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(August 25) Workshop<\/span> (“democratic schools”) and talk<\/span> (“actively doing education”); more info, including talk transcript, here (German)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2010<\/h2>\n
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(March 6) Panel at IDEC 2010<\/a> in Tel Aviv, “Democratic Schools: Where are they Heading?”<\/a>.<\/li>\n
(January 20)\u00a0EUDEC talk<\/span> at University of Halle, “Democratic schools”.\u00a0 EUDEC Halle<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2009<\/h2>\n
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(September 17)\u00a0Discussion about Sudbury schools<\/span>,\u00a0 Det frie Gymnasium<\/a>, Copenhagen<\/li>\n
(September 14)\u00a0Open Q&A for parents<\/span>,\u00a0 Den Demokratiske Skole<\/a>, Roskilde, Denmark<\/li>\n
(September 13,18)\u00a0Workshops for staff, on Judicial Committee and staff selection and evaluation<\/span>,\u00a0 Den Demokratiske Skole<\/a>, Roskilde, Denmark<\/li>\n
(August 7)\u00a0Discussion about democratic education<\/span>, national summer camp of the German Green Youth (Gr\u00fcne Jugend<\/a>), Burg Lutter<\/li>\n
(August 1)\u00a0Discussion about Sudbury schools, open session<\/span>,\u00a0EUDEC Annual Assembly 2009, Cieszyn, Poland<\/li>\n
(February 9)\u00a0\u00abUnsere Kinder – die kleinen Forscher von heute, die gro\u00dfen Wissenschaftler von \u00fcbermorgen?\u00bb<\/span>, for\u00a0 Freie Demokratische Schule NordWest e.V.<\/a>, Oldenburg (Oldb.)<\/li>\n
(January 20)\u00a0Presentation and discussion about Sudbury schooling<\/span>,\u00a0 \u00abSchule neu denken\u00bb<\/a>, Leipzig<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2008<\/h2>\n
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(October 13)\u00a0Panel discussion after screening of <\/span>Democratic Schools<\/span> (a Jan Gabbert film)<\/a>,\u00a0 LIWU<\/a>, Rostock<\/li>\n
(September 16)\u00a0Online lecture and discussion<\/span>, eVideo conference,\u00a0 FHTW Berlin<\/a><\/li>\n
(July 31)\u00a0“Understanding Video Games”<\/span>,\u00a0 EUDEC 2008<\/a>, Leipzig<\/li>\n
(April)\u00a0Internal workshop for association members<\/span>,\u00a0 Sudbury M\u00fcnchen, e.V.<\/a>, Munich<\/li>\n
(April)\u00a0Public talk<\/span>,\u00a0 Demokratische Schule D\u00fcsseldorf<\/a>, D\u00fcsseldorf<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2005-7<\/h2>\n
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(September, 2007)\u00a0 Tagung: Demokratische Grundschule<\/a><\/span>, Univerist\u00e4t Siegen, Siegen<\/li>\n
(April 2006)\u00a0“Self-Directed Education from the Perspective of a Student”<\/span>, \u00abSchule im Aufbruch\u00bb, Universities of Freiburg and Leipzig (for\u00a0 Kapriole Freiburg<\/a> and\u00a0 Freie Schule Leipzig<\/a>)<\/li>\n
(August 5, 2005)\u00a0“Curiosity or Curriculum: a Provocation or a Contradiction?”<\/span> (panel discussion),\u00a0 IDEC 2005<\/a>, Berlin<\/li>\n
(August 4, 2005)\u00a0“Self-directed education: The perspectives of a Sudbury student”<\/span>,\u00a0 IDEC 2005<\/a>, Berlin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Miscellaneous<\/h1>\n
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(August, 2008) Games Convention coverage for Gamer.co.il:\u00a0 1<\/a> 2<\/a> 3<\/a> 4<\/a> 5<\/a> [Hebrew]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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