"A Dominie's Log" by Alexander Sutherland Neill is a memoir from the perspective of a Scottish schoolteacher at the beginning of the 1900s whose personal journal entries reveal frustrations with formal teaching methods dictated by the Scottish education system. The teacher seeks to connect more genuinely with children in the classroom versus standard methods of rote memorization, and, through funny stories about his interactions with students and the difficulties he encounters while schooling them, will make readers pause about education, discipline, and the roles students in a changing world. The narrator's log includes not only his daily experiences but also his greater views of education, humanity, biographies, philosophy, and ethics.
A Dominie's Log
By Alexander Sutherland Neill
Venture back in time when teaching was riddled with frustration and one Scottish teacher dared to question traditional education methods while seeking understanding and self-discovery among students.
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About the AuthorAlexander Sutherland Neill was a Scottish educator and author known for his school, Summerhill, and its philosophy of freedom from adult coercion and community self-governance. Raised in Scotland, Neill taught at several schools before attending the University of Edinburgh in 1908–1912. He took two jobs in journalism before World War I, and taught at Gretna Green Village School in the second year of the war, writing his first book, A Dominie's Log (1915), as a diary of his life there as head teacher. He joined a Dresden school in 1921 and founded Summerhill on returning to England in 1924. Summerhill gained renown in the 1930s and then in the 1960s–1970s, due to progressive and counter-culture interest. Neill wrote 20 books. His top seller was the 1960 Summerhill, read widely in the free school movement from the 1960s.
Alexander Sutherland Neill was a Scottish educator and author known for his school, Summerhill, and its philosophy of freedom from adult coercion and community self-governance. Raised in Scotland, Neill taught at several schools before attending the University of Edinburgh in 1908–1912. He took two jobs in journalism before World War I, and taught at Gretna Green Village School in the second year of the war, writing his first book, A Dominie's Log (1915), as a diary of his life there as head teacher. He joined a Dresden school in 1921 and founded Summerhill on returning to England in 1924. Summerhill gained renown in the 1930s and then in the 1960s–1970s, due to progressive and counter-culture interest. Neill wrote 20 books. His top seller was the 1960 Summerhill, read widely in the free school movement from the 1960s.
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