1st Edition

The Dark Places of Education (RLE Edu K) With a Collection of Seventy-Eight Reports of School Experiences

By Willi Schohaus Copyright 1932
352 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

The book is divided into two parts. The first forms a survey of the inadequacies of the Swiss school system in the early twentieth century (but the issues it discusses were universal ones which were just as prevalent in the English school system of that time). The second part of the book is a collection of testimonies from former pupils on the worst aspects of their schooling. With reference to... Read more

Foreword. Preface. Part 1: Diagnosis.1. Daemons. 2. Sufferings. 3. Discipline. 4. Pleasure in Achievement. 5. Intellectualism. 6. Mis-Education. 7. Expenditure and Results. 8. The Rights of Personality. 9. Humanity. 10. Comradeship. 11. Provisional Life. 12. Mistakes. Part 2: Reports. 1. Discipline. 2. Pleasure in Achievement. 3. Intellectualism. 4. Mis-Education. 5. Expenditure and Results. 6. The Rights of Personality. 7. Humanity. 8. Comradeship. 9. Provisional Life. 10. Partiality. 11. The Fight Against Defiance. 12. Corporal Punishment. 13. Mockery, Contempt and Sarcasm. Epilogue. Index.

Biography

Willi Schohaus