Schools Where Children Learn
Description
Joseph Featherstone―along with John Holt, Robert Coles, and Charles Silberman―stands at the forefront of those calling for a humane, new education for our children. He was the first critic of American educational practices to champion the British primary system as a model of reform. This book contains all of Featherstone's ideas on sound educational procedures and the "open-classroom concept" and takes a profound look at our current educational crisis. First he examines the English primary schools, carefully analyzing their informal approach which, he finds, has enabled ordin...
ISBN(s)
0871400588, 9780871400581
