![]() ![]() His top seller was the 1960 Summerhill, read widely in the free school movement from the 1960s. Summerhill gained renown in the 1930s and then in the 1960s–1970s, due to progressive and counter-culture interest. He joined a Dresden school in 1921 and founded Summerhill on returning to England in 1924. He took two jobs in journalism before World War I, and taught at Gretna Green Village School in the first year of the war, writing his first book, A Dominie's Log (1915), as a diary of his life there as head teacher. Neill, the now-renowned headmaster of the Summerhill School in England, has received hundreds of letters from correspondents in the United States. Raised in Scotland, Neill taught at several schools before attending the University of Edinburgh in 1908–1912. ![]() Summerhill does not expound a theory it relates the actual experience of almost 40 years. In this school, he implemented his ideas about pupil freedom. In Summerhill School authority does not mask a system of manipulation. Neill (18831973) was the founder of a progressive school, Summerhill, in England in 1924. In my opinion, his book is of great importance because it represents the true principle of education without fear. Founding Summerhill School, advocacy of personal freedom for children, progressive educationĪlexander Sutherland Neill (17 October 1883 – 23 September 1973) was a Scottish educator and author known for his school, Summerhill, and its philosophy of freedom from adult coercion and community self-governance. Neill’s system is a radical approach to child rearing. ![]()
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