John Holt

by Meighan, Roland

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Title Statements

Full title :John Holt / Roland Meighan.

Summary

"John Holt, the American educator, was passionate about the need for alternatives to traditional institutional schooling, seeing schools as often hindering children from learning rather than helping them; he became an important proponent of homeschooling or 'unschooling', was a pioneer in youth rights theory and had a profound influence on school reform in particular and educational philosophy in general. Here, Roland Meighan challenges the often held notion that Holt's work was 'romantic' and impractical within the context of compulsory schooling. He brings together the work and thinking of John Holt into applicable theory for education students, enabling readers to appreciate the view that individuals outside the education system can influence and change what is happening within it."--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2007

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Bloomsbury
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2007

Notes

Originally published: London : Continuum, 2007.

The Physical Object

Description:xi, 163 pages ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780826484048, 0826484042, 9781472504913, 1472504917
oclc:ocn898150910
LC Classification:LA2317.H645
Dewey Decimal:370.92

Subjects

Biographies Éducateurs -- Biographies. -- États-Unis Educational Change Educational change -- United States Educators Educators -- Biography. -- United States Enseignement -- Réforme -- États-Unis Holt, John Caldwell Home schooling Home schooling -- United States United States