The Dominie Books Of A.S. Neill: A Dominie's Log; A Dominie In Doubt; A Dominie Dismissed
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
A.S. Neill, the radical Scottish educator and founder of the legendary Summerhill School, presents three of his most celebrated early works in this landmark collection — A Dominie's Log, A Dominie in Doubt, and A Dominie Dismissed — a trilogy that chronicles his revolutionary journey through the Scottish classroom and his mounting rebellion against the authoritarian conventions of traditional schooling. Written with disarming candour and sharp wit, Neill details his daily struggles as a village schoolmaster, questioning the very purpose of education and the moral right of adults to impose their will upon children, laying the philosophical groundwork for what would become one of the most controversial and influential educational experiments of the twentieth century. With an introduction by Harold H. Hart, this anthology presents Neill at his most passionate and unguarded — a young teacher brimming with irreverence, empathy, and an unshakeable belief in the freedom of the child. His prose style is conversational yet piercing, blending diary-like intimacy with bold pedagogical argument, and his ideas on self-governance, emotional freedom, and the abolition of compulsory learning remain as provocative today as when they were first penned. For anyone who has ever dared to ask whether schools do more harm than good, Neill's answer is both unsettling and electrifying.
Author: A.S. Neill
Format: Hardback
Genre: Education theory
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
A.S. Neill, the radical Scottish educator and founder of the legendary Summerhill School, presents three of his most celebrated early works in this landmark collection — A Dominie's Log, A Dominie in Doubt, and A Dominie Dismissed — a trilogy that chronicles his revolutionary journey through the Scottish classroom and his mounting rebellion against the authoritarian conventions of traditional schooling. Written with disarming candour and sharp wit, Neill details his daily struggles as a village schoolmaster, questioning the very purpose of education and the moral right of adults to impose their will upon children, laying the philosophical groundwork for what would become one of the most controversial and influential educational experiments of the twentieth century. With an introduction by Harold H. Hart, this anthology presents Neill at his most passionate and unguarded — a young teacher brimming with irreverence, empathy, and an unshakeable belief in the freedom of the child. His prose style is conversational yet piercing, blending diary-like intimacy with bold pedagogical argument, and his ideas on self-governance, emotional freedom, and the abolition of compulsory learning remain as provocative today as when they were first penned. For anyone who has ever dared to ask whether schools do more harm than good, Neill's answer is both unsettling and electrifying.