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Hoencamp, Marloes; Exalto, John; de Muynck, Abraham; de Ruyter, Doret – History of Education, 2022
Philipp Abraham Kohnstamm (1875-1951) was one of the founders of Dutch educational science and a key figure in the New Education movement in the Netherlands. This article has three aims: first, to depict Kohnstamm as an insightful example in the process of sharing and adopting ideas around New Education and the implementation of these ideas in the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Montessori Method, Decision Making
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Howlett, John – History of Education, 2023
This article has as its focus the life and thinking of the practitioner and theorist Norman MacMunn (1877-1925), whose experimental work in a number of schools outlined a new conception of freedom and one that drew initially upon the thinking and practice of Maria Montessori. It explores how MacMunn used these new psychological ideas to develop…
Descriptors: Freedom, Educational History, Educational Theories, Montessori Method