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StorageSiteUCL Institute of Education
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Reference Number WEF/A/VII/305
Title'Towards a New Education'
Date1930
DescriptionProceedings of the 5th New Education Fellowship world conference in Helsingør ('Elsinore'), Denmark, on 'The New Psychology and the Curriculum' in Aug 1929. Edited by William Boyd.
Introduction by Sir Michael Sadler. Published by Alfred A Knopf, London.

- First Part: 'Education in a Changing Civilizaton' (page 17)
- 'Pioneer Schools' (Bedales, L'Ecole des Roches, Odenwald, Frensham Heights, John Burroughs, Frances Parker, Tyringe, Budapest Home School, Hof Oberkirch, The Work-shop)
- 'New Education in Northern Lands' (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Lativa, Finland)
- 'New Education in National Recreation' (Germany, Austria, Poland, Russia, Turkey, Chile)

- Second Part: 'The Living Schools' (page 103)
- 'The Teacher and his Training' (Significant Tendencies in Teacher Training)
- 'Methods' (The Montessori, The Dalton Plan, The Decroly, The Cousinet, The Winnetka)
- 'The Social Heritage' (The Problem of the Curriculum, American Experiments, Integral Instruction)
- 'Creative Self-Expression' (Artistic Creation, Religion, Sex)
- Examinations and Tests' (English and French Reports, Experiments in Examination Reform, Individual Views on Examinations, The Findings of the Examination Enquiry Committee, Mental Tests)

- Third Part: 'The Social Background of the Living School' (page 283)
- 'Parents and Children' (Home and School, The Problem Child, Parental Education, Problems of Early Childhood)
- 'Social Reconstruction' (School and Society, Adult Education)
- 'International Understanding' (The Psychology Data, The Cultivation of International Understading)

- Fourth Part: 'New Psychology and New Education' (page 347)
- 'Child Psychology'
- 'Individual Psychology'
- 'The Psychology of Wholeness'
- 'The Psychology of the Unconscious'
- 'Psychological Foundations'
Extent1 volume.
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsOpen, subject to signature of Reader Application Form.
Related MaterialPapers regarding the conference can be found in WEF/A/III/186. A copy of this book is also held by the Newsam Library (Ref: Rog NEW).

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