Adolphe Ferrière (1879 in
Geneva
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– 1960 in Geneva) was one of the founders of the
progressive education
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movement.
He worked for a brief time in a school in Glarisegg (TG, CH) and later founded an experimental school ('La Forge') in
Lausanne
, neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR-74), ...
,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, but soon had to abandon teaching due to his deafness. In 1921, he founded the
New Education Fellowship
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, for which he wrote the charter. The congress of this league until the Second World War included a number of other teachers:
Maria Montessori
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,
Célestin Freinet
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Early life
Freinet was born in Provence as the fifth of eight children. His own schoolda ...
,
Gisèle de Failly and
Roger Cousinet. He worked as a humanist and an editor from 1919 to 1922 on the pacifist journal 'l'Essor' (The Rise).
In 1924, alongside his colleague Paul Meyhoffer from the
Institut Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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, and the
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officials
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and
Ludwik Rajchman
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He was born to Aleksander Rajchman, the fou ...
, Ferrière founded the
International School of Geneva
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Founded in 1924 in the servic ...
(the first of its kind in the world) and, during the early months of its existence, provided the new school with accommodation in a chalet he owned. He was one of the founding members of the
International Bureau of Education
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(IBE) in 1925, and served as its first Deputy Director alongside
Elisabeth Rotten
Elisabeth Friederike Rotten (15 February 1882, Berlin - 2 May 1964) was a Quaker peace activist and educational progressive.
Life
As daughter to the Swiss couple Moritz and Luise Rotten, she attended the "höhere Mädchenschule Luisenschule" ...
.
He was also a member of the
Religious Society of Friends
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(
Quakers
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).
Throughout his life he published a substantial number of books, some in collaboration with Karl-Ernst Krafft.
He is listed as one of the 100 most famous educators, by the
International Bureau of Education
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(IBE).
Publications
*Science and faith, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1912
*The law of progress in biology and sociology, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1915
*Transforming schools, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1920 (reprint 1948)
*The autonomy of students, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1921 (reprint 1950)
*The spontaneous activity in children, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1922
*Education in the family, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1920
*The practice of active school, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1922 (reprint 1929)
*The active school, 1920 (reprint 1953)
*The coééducation gender, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1926. (included in "Transforming Schools", 1948)
*Spiritual progress, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1926
*Bakula and his work educator, 1926
*The maternal heart Pestalozzi, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1928
*The psychological types in children, in adults and in the course of education, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1922
*The future of genetic psychology, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1931
*The school measure, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1931
*Characterological typocosmique, Geneva and Paris, 1932.
*In collaboration with Karl-Ernst Krafft
*Our children and the future of the country, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1942
*Human liberation, Éditions du Mont Blanc, Geneva, 1943
*Towards a natural classification of psychological types, Nice, 1943
*Children's Home after the war, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1945
*The school workforce across Europe, Michon, Paris, 1948
*Brief introduction to the new education, Bourrelier, Paris, 1951
*The mystery of the person, Rigois, Turin, 1955
See also
*
Pedagogy
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References
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1879 births
1960 deaths
Swiss Quakers
People from Geneva
Academic staff of the University of Geneva