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Neill of Summerhill

The Permanent Rebel

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Biography of the pinoeer educator & philosopher Alexander Sutherland Neill, [1883-1973] who in 1921 had opened his groundbreaking & controversial boarding school Summerhill. Neill believed that children would be best served educationally with complete freedom - thus attending lessons was not compulsory & pupils were consulted, on equal terms with the teachers, on all matters pertaining to the running of the school. The school was made to fit the child & not the other way around. The school is still open to day & many of his ideas have been adopted by later educational reformers.

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Neill of Summerhill, Jonathan Croall

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1983
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Title
Neill of Summerhill
Subtitle
The Permanent Rebel
Language
English
Released
1983
Format
Hardcover
ISBN10
0710093004
ISBN13
9780710093004
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Biography of the pinoeer educator & philosopher Alexander Sutherland Neill, [1883-1973] who in 1921 had opened his groundbreaking & controversial boarding school Summerhill. Neill believed that children would be best served educationally with complete freedom - thus attending lessons was not compulsory & pupils were consulted, on equal terms with the teachers, on all matters pertaining to the running of the school. The school was made to fit the child & not the other way around. The school is still open to day & many of his ideas have been adopted by later educational reformers.