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 dominies log, as a diary of his life there as head. The function of a child is to live hisher own life, not the life that hisher anxious parents think heshe should live, nor a life according to the purpose of the educators who thinks they knows best, if the emotions are free the intellect will look after itself, and all crimes, all hatreds, all wars can be reduced to unhappiness. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Born in forfar, neill was the son of a scottish village headmaster. View the profiles of people named alexander sutherland neill. Among the schools experiments were optional attendance, a school parliament, and no religious. He spent his childhood in a modest home with a stern father and many sisters and brothers in an atmosphere of modified but everpresent calvinism. Alexander sutherland neill international bureau of education.
And in his unique, forthright style, neill proffers. Alexander sutherland neill october 17, 1883 september 23, 1973 was a scottish progressive educator, author and founder of summerhill school. Dissatisfied with the inflexible victorian school system, neill agreed with freud that emotional development in children should take precedence over intellectual demands. He was raised in an austere, calvinist house with values of fear, guilt, and adult and divine authority, which he later repudiated. Neill biografia alexander sutherland neill, nasceu em 1883 na escocia. Neill on 23 september 1973 went almost unrecorded in the newspapers, yet it marked the end of the saga of summerhill, his little school in suffolk, england, and set the seal on the disregard or even rejection of a man who had come to symbolize a decade of. Records may include photos, original documents, family history, relatives, specific dates, locations and full names. Summerhill is also the title of another one of neills books, by the way. Neill, alexander sutherland 18831973 worldcat identities. The scottish psychologist alexander sutherland neill 18831973 is most famous as the founder of summerhill school and as the developer of its radical childcentered theory of education. Alexander sutherland neill 18831973 nacio en forfar. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
Alexander sutherland neill was born in scotland on october 17, 1883, the son of a village schoolteacher. He is best known as an advocate of personal freedom for children. The family came to australia in 1864 on account of the fathers health, and alexander at 14 years of age became a pupilteacher with the education department at sydney. Alexander sutherland historical records and family trees. Illich y su pensamiento del aprendizaje libre y espontaneo. Alexander sutherland neill was born in forfar, scotland, on 17 october 1883 to george and mary neill. Neill, alexander sutherland article about neill, alexander. He believed that individuals had the ability to direct their own learning and it was their right to do so. Join facebook to connect with alexander sutherland neill and others you may know. Raised in scotland, neill taught at several schools before attending the university of edinburgh in 19081912. Alexander sutherland neill was a scottish educator and author known for his school, summerhill, and its philosophy of freedom from adult coercion and its community selfgovernance.
A gang of unbridled brats, visitors to summerhill are struck by the selfimposed. In 1924, he set up the progressive coeducational summerhill school at leiston, england. Le 23 septembre 1973 mourait alexander sutherland neill. Neill received his early education in his fathers one. After teaching at state schools in scotland, neill became dissatisfied with traditional education. Neill by alexander sutherland 18831973 neill and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Assim o educador, escritor e jornalista alexander sutherland neill. Jul 26, 2016 video realizado con video scribe musica. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Alexander sutherland neill 18831973 jeanfrancois saffange1 the death of a. Alexander sutherland neill the scottish psychologist alexander sutherland neill 18831973 is most famous as the founder of summerhill school and as the developer of its radical childcentered theory of education. Historical records and family trees related to alexander sutherland. Sutherland was born at glasgow, both parents were scottish, his father, george sutherland, a carver of ships figureheads, married jane smith, a woman of character and education. A dominie in doubt by alexander sutherland neill free ebook. Alexander sutherland 18521902, journalist and schoolmaster, was born on 26 march 1852 at glasgow, scotland, son of george sutherland and his wife jane, nee smith. Summerhill is also the title of another one of neill s books, by the way. The essential quality of summerhill was, according to neill, freedom and selfgovernment for children and staff. Alexander sutherland neill was a scottish progressive educator, author and founder of summerhill school and its philosophy of freedom from adult coercion and its community selfgovernance, which remains open and continues to follow his educational philosophy to this day. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Biography alexander sutherland australian dictionary of.
Alexander sutherland neill wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. He is best known as an advocate of personal freedom for children, and has been correspondingly criticized as an instigator of permissiveness. Alexander sutherland neill, inglaterra 1883 1973 scielo colombia. Alexander sutherland neill, inglaterra 1883 1973 educador. Biography alexander sutherland australian dictionary. His father, a carver of ships figureheads, draftsman, talented commercial artist and teacher of drawing, brought his family to settle at sydney in 1864 for the sake of his health. Everytime i read one of his books, i come away wishing i had been reared in his school, summerhill. Alexander sutherland neill 18831973 believed in the philosophy of existentialism. Neill, alexander sutherland, 18831973, english educator. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and.