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.
Life
Ferrière worked for a brief time in a school in Glarisegg (TG, CH) and later founded an experimental school ('La Forge') in
Lausanne
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,
Switzerland
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, but soon had to abandon teaching due to his deafness. In 1921, he founded the
New Education Fellowship, for which he wrote the charter. Until the Second World War, the congress of this league included a number of other teachers which were
Maria Montessori
Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori ( ; ; 31 August 1870 – 6 May 1952) was an Italians, Italian physician and educator best known for her philosophy of education (the Montessori method) and her writing on scientific pedagogy. At an early a ...
,
Célestin Freinet,
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, and the
League of Nations
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officials
Arthur Sweetser and
Ludwik Rajchman
Ludwik Witold Rajchman (; 1 November 1881 – 13 July 1965) was a Polish physician and bacteriologist. He is regarded as the founder of UNICEF, and served as its first chairman from 1946 to 1950.
Early life and education
Rajchman was born to Ale ...
, Ferrière founded the
International School of Geneva
The International School of Geneva (in French: ''École internationale de Genève''), commonly known as Ecolint, is a private, non-profit international school based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Background
Founded in 1924 in the service of the Leagu ...
(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
The International Bureau of Education (IBE-UNESCO) is a UNESCO
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(IBE) in 1925, and served as its first Deputy Director alongside Elisabeth Rotten. He was also a member of the Religious Society of Friends
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(Quakers
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).[
]
See also
*Pedagogy
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References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferriere, Adolphe
1879 births
1960 deaths
Swiss Quakers
People from Geneva
Academic staff of the University of Geneva