Free Children and Democratic Schools

<p>This book first published in 1989 relates a theory of liberty to the practice of education and reveals the implications of beliefs about freedom for our schools and classrooms. The author makes a reasoned plea for society to have more respect for children and not treat them as an inferior sub-species. The central argument of this book is for greater education in democracy and greater democracy in education. This title will be of interest to students of the philosophy of education. </p>