Nov 13, 2023
The pioneers of alternative education systems.
This episode covers a group of 20th Century thinkers and educationalists in both Northern and Southern hemispheres who developed a variety of alternative visions for schools. Inspired by enlightenment figures like Rousseau, and the German Idealists who came after them, they nevertheless reacted against the strict and regimented so-called ‘Prussian’ system of education that had become the mainstream. They incorporated ideas from the burgeoning field of psychology, and also, in the case of Rudolph Steiner, a strong element of mysticism.
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:56 - Introducing Schools
00:11:30 - Rudolph Steiner (1861-1925)
00:28:48 - Maria Montessori (1870-1952)
00:47:08 - Alexander Sutherland Neill (1883 – 1973)
01:00:50 - Vicky Colbert (1948/9 –)
01:13:44 - Martin Burt (1957 –)
01:20:39 - Summing up
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Steiner bit.ly/2uMqkaj
Neill bit.ly/2SSEv5A
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Burt bit.ly/39FAHLU
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