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Alexander Sutherland Neill
• October 17, 1883 - September 23, 1973
• Parents were both school teachers
• Served as headmaster and taught algebra, geometry and metalworking
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Alexander Sutherland Neill• Wrote over 20 works
including:– The Problem Child
(1926)– That Dreadful School
(1937)– The Free Child (1953)– Neil! Neil! Orange Peel!
(1972)– Summerhill: a Radical
Approach to Childhood (1960)• U.S. number one non-
fictional best seller
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Alexander Sutherland Neill
• Philosophy– Happiness of the child
is important in the child’s development and happiness comes from a sense of personal freedom
– Externally imposed discipline prevents internal self-discipline from developing
– “Freedom, not license”
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Alexander Sutherland Neill
• “The function of the child is to live his own life – not the life that his anxious parents think he should live, nor a life according to the purpose of the educator who thinks he knows best”
• Neill developed the Summerhill School to implement his ideas about school being for the children
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Summerhill School
• Established in 1921• Presently located in
Leiston, Sutfolk, England
• Students are allowed to choose the classes they attend, if any– Neill thought
children learned better when they are not forced to attend classes
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Summerhill School
• Run as a democratic community–Meetings are held
to decide how the school should run
– Staff and students can attend meetings
– Everyone has an equal vote
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Summerhill School
• The student body often consists of problematic backgrounds
• Often suffering from parental conflict of neglect
• Summerhill has a therapeutic value• Majority of students who had been rejected
at conventional schools flourish at Summerhill
• A.S. Neill served as headmaster and after his death his wife took over
• His daughter Zoe Neill Readhead is the current headmaster.
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Criticism
• Often called the “Do as you please School”
• The right to stay away from lessons, forever if desired, were much more frightening for the mainstream education system.
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Useful Websites
• www.wikipedia.com• www.summerhillschool.co.uk