@article {538,
	title = {THE CHILD FRIENDLY SCHOOL: AN IDEA VERSUS REALITY},
	journal = {Problems of Education in the 21st Century},
	volume = {29},
	year = {2011},
	month = {May/2011},
	type = {Original article},
	chapter = {82-88},
	abstract = {The purpose of this research was to question the concept of a {\textquoteleft}child friendly{\textquoteright} school, which sounds democratic, but is an unclear term. The problem is that with 45-minute lessons and 30 pupils in the classroom (as is often the case in Estonian schools), it is not possible to focus on each child. In 2005, a new basic school was opened in the countryside in the middle of Estonia {\textendash} for only 24 students (some of them were children with learning and/or behavioural difficulties). The method of research was educational ethnography. Result: the strict rules sometimes seem bad, but life is safer with them. It was interesting to recognize the importance of routines from ordinary ({\textquoteleft}old fashion{\textquoteright}) schools. Children with learning and/or behavioural difficulties need even more discipline than others, because this can be one part of the therapy. Education for sustainable development must not always be {\textquoteleft}child friendly{\textquoteright}.},
	keywords = {general education, learning and behavioural difficulties, rules},
	issn = {1822-7864},
	url = {https://oaji.net/articles/2014/457-1405178748.pdf},
	author = {Mare  Leino}
}
