ABSTRACT
Alternative education evolves as an educational concept in response to needs of teachers, parents and most of all children, seeking for and needing something different: while this could be a schooling away from a given school child-centred education tends to characterise alternative education. This is a style different from authoritarian forms, expecting freedoms rather than any imposed, coercive structure. The concept for alternative education as a movement in the 21st century can be attributed to pioneering educational projects in the UK such as A. S. Neill's Summerhill School, or the Sudbury Valley schools in the US. This chapter discusses features of alternative education which set it apart from mainstreamschooling, and on account of the interest in education as a force for social good, these deserve mention. It points that something curiously 'good' is occurring through forms of education that respect self-determination and voice, and it behoves a student of education to study with care where good outcomes emerge.
