Summerhill School: A New View of Childhood - Hardcover

Neill, Alexander Sutherland

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312088604 ISBN 13: 9780312088606

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1993

Synopsis

A guide to experimental education, originally published in 1960 and expanded for the 1990s, features a discussion on how American education lags behind the rest of the world and what people can do to change that

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Originally published in 1960, Summerhill became an instant bestseller and a classic volume of education for an entire generation. Now, this thoroughly expanded and revised version of the original Summerhill reinstates the revolutionary ""free school"" traditions begun by summerhill's founder A.S. Neill.

About the Author:

A. S. Neill was born in 1883 in Forfar, Scotland. In addition to establishing the Summerhill School, Neill lectured widely and published over twenty books. He died in 1973. His daughter, Zoë Readhead, now serves as the headmistress of Summerhill.

Editor Albert Lamb, a Summerhill alumnus, worked as a cartoonist and musician before returning to the school to help out on the staff. He now commutes between Summerhill and his home in the Cotswolds, where he lives with his family.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0312088604
• ISBN 13: 9780312088606
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 269
• Editor: Lamb Albert