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Celestin Freinet (1896-1966): A Most Unappreciated Educator in the Anglophone World.
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Acker, Victor – 2000
Celestin Freinet had a major influence on education in France. In 1917 he was critically injured during World War I and convalesced for two years. During World War II he was incarcerated by the Vichy government for his Communist tendencies, and, in the 1950s the French Communist Party harassed him for straying from their hard-line ideologies.…
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