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This book presents an antidote to the self-destructive war between educational conservatives and progressives, arguing that each has only part of the solution in what should be a productive dialectic between experience and concepts--Outlines the rich tradition of educational thought we have already created in this country, suggesting ways to apply it to our current reform efforts--Provides a new paradigm for re-conceptualizing our educational past,...
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Interest in progressive education and feminist pedagogy has gained a significant following in current educational reform circles. Founding Mothers and Others examines the female founders of progressive schools and other female educational leaders in the early twentieth century and their schools or educational movements. All of the women led remarkable lives and their legacies are embedded in education today. The book examines the lessons to be learned...
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"Summerhill is perhaps the most unusual school in the world. Here's a place where children are not compelled to go to class -- they can stay away from lessons for years, if they want to. Yet, strangely enough, the boys and girls in this school learn! In fact, being deprived from lessons turns out to be a severe punishment. Summerhill has been run by A. S. Neill for almost forty years. This is the world's greatest experiment in bestowing unstinted...
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