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A. S. Neill
Professor Richard Bailey
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Description for A. S. Neill
Paperback. Series Editor(s): Bailey, Professor Richard. Series: Bloomsbury Library of Educational Thought. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
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 education. 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 current educational approaches and philosophy. A. S. Neill is the first book to examine this philosophy of ... Read more
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 education. 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 current educational approaches and philosophy. A. S. Neill is the first book to examine this philosophy of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Bloomsbury Library of Educational Thought
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472504890
SKU
V9781472504890
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About Professor Richard Bailey
Richard Bailey is a writer and researcher in education and sport. A former teacher in both primary and secondary schools and a teacher trainer, he has been Professor at a number of leading Universities in the UK. He now lives and works in Germany.
Reviews for A. S. Neill
Reading Bailey’s fine book brought alive again for me my own sympathies with the philosophy of A.S. Neill, and respect for him as a practitioner as well as theorist, as well as a recognition of his shortcomings. Bailey has given us an excellent frame through which to view the life and ideas of this education colossus.
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