Author: Croall, Jonathan
Title: Neill Of Summerhill - The Permanent Rebel
Description: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983, 1st edition. Cloth, dj, F/VG+. xii+436pp, 24pp b/w plates, index, a fine copy in a very slightly spine faded dustjacket. Hardback with dustjacket. ISBN: 0710093004 ¶ 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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