A. S. Neill was probably the most famous school teacher of the twentieth century. His school, Summerhill, founded in 1921, attracted admiration and criticism from around the world, and became an emblem of radical school reform and child-centred educa tion. Neill claimed that he was a practical man, but this book reveals that Summerhill expresses a comprehensive and distinctive set of ideas. Whether he wanted to be or not, Neill was an important educational thinker with a powerful influence on cur rent educational approaches and philosophy. A. S. Neill is the first book to examine this philosophy of education in detail. It begins by showing how Neill''s fascinating life story gives clues to the origin of his ideas, and why they mattered so m uch to him. It goes on to explore the main themes of his philosophy, showing how they relate to the work of other great educational thinkers, and how they are novel. It also discusses whether there are lessons that could and should be learned by othe r schools from the original, alternative ''free'' school of Summerhill.
ISBN-10: 9781472504890 ISBN-13: 9781472504890 Páginas: 217 idioma: Português Edição: 1 Data edição: 1969-12-31 21:33:34 Encadernação: Brochura Autor: Richard Bailey