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The curricular and pedagogic creativity of Summerhill School, and related reflection on the teaching in Singapore
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Tan, C. L. (2014). The curricular and pedagogic creativity of Summerhill School, and related reflection on the teaching in Singapore. Journal of Education and Human Development, 3(2), 541-557. http://jehdnet.com/journals/jehd/Vol_3_No_2_June_2014/31.pdf
Abstract
Through a discussion of humanities education and liberal ideals in England’s Summerhill School, this paper hopes to highlight the importance of creative thinking in education, revealing how creative thinking will be an important ability and intrinsic quality in education henceforth, and even become its main goal. This paper gathers discussions of a few representative innovative teaching methods and teaching activities in Summerhill School, and at the same time, reflects on education in Singapore’s context.
通过对英国夏山学校(Summerhill School)人文教育和自由主义理想的讨论,本文希望能够突显创造性思维在教育中的重要地位,揭示创造性思维如何成为教育将着重培养的能力和固有品质,甚至成为其主要目标。本文收集了针对夏山学校一些具有代表性的创新教学方法和教学活动的讨论,并反思新加坡环境下的教育。
Date Issued
2014
Publisher
American Research Institute for Policy Development
Journal
Journal of Education and Human Development