Schools Where Children Learn

He was the first critic of American educational practices to champion the British primary system as a model of reform. This book contains all of Featherstone''s ideas on sound educational procedures and the open-classroom concept and takes a profound look at our current educational crisis. First he examines the English primary schools carefully analyzing their informal approach which he finds has enabled ordinary teachers working with many different kinds of children to achieve impressive results. He then describes the varieties of sound educational practiceschools that are organized learning environments for childrenfinding common threads of freedom a new conception of the teacher''s role and an implicit understanding that a full childhood is the best preparation for life.