Big kids

their meaning, development and importance in summerhill school

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Keywords:

Big Kidness, Summerhill, Freedom

Abstract

This article will be considering a particular societal aspect of A. S. Neill’s Summerhill School namely ‘Big Kids’. The effect of the Big Kid role on the social structure of the school means that children in Summerhill are not in the care of adults but actually in the care of other children.

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Author Biography

  • Danë Goodsman, University of London

    Dr Danë Goodsman, Reader in Medical Education, Barts and The London School of Medicine. Queen Mary University of London. UK.

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Published

2017-01-01

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2017)

Section

Dossiês

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

GOODSMAN, D. Big kids: their meaning, development and importance in summerhill school. Revista Hipótese, v. 3, n. 2, p. 49–61, 1 Jan.2017.

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