If only we would encourage doing rather than having, we should avoid much evil later." Homer Lane is a largely forgotten educator who devised a system of self-government for children that allowed them more freedom than was generally considered acceptable almost 100 years ago. Little known within education theory, Lane saw the adult's role within the development of a child as being less authoritative than other more widely known educational reformers such as John Dewey. This book is the only writing that Lane produced and its republication is intended to instigate a critical re-evaluation of the purpose and meaning of freedom within a child's life. whether at home or in the classroom.
If only we would encourage doing rather than having, we should avoid much evil later." Homer Lane is a largely forgotten educator who devised a system of self-government for children that allowed them more freedom than was generally considered acceptable almost 100 years ago. Little known within education theory, Lane saw the adult's role within the development of a child as being less authoritative than other more widely known educational reformers such as John Dewey. This book is the only writing that Lane produced and its republication is intended to instigate a critical re-evaluation of the purpose and meaning of freedom within a child's life. whether at home or in the classroom.