Adolphe Ferrière (1879 in

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– 1960 in Geneva) was one of the founders of the

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movement. He worked for a brief time in a school in Glarisegg (TG, CH) and later founded an experimental school ('La Forge') in

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, Switzerland, but soon had to abandon teaching due to his deafness. In 1921, he founded the New Education Fellowship, for which he wrote the charter. The congress of this league until the Second World War included a number of other teachers:

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and

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. He worked as a humanist and an editor from 1919 to 1922 on the pacifist journal 'l'Essor' (The Rise). In 1924, alongside his colleague Paul Meyhoffer from the

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, and the

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officials Arthur Sweetser and

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, Ferrière founded the

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(the first of its kind in the world) and, during the early months of its existence, provided the new school with accommodation in a chalet he owned. He was one of the founding members of the

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(IBE) in 1925, and served as its first Deputy Director alongside Elisabeth Rotten. He was also a member of the

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(

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). Throughout his life he published a substantial number of books, some in collaboration with Karl-Ernst Krafft. He is listed as one of the 100 most famous educators, by the

(IBE).

Publications

*Science and faith, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1912 *The law of progress in biology and sociology, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1915 *Transforming schools, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1920 (reprint 1948) *The autonomy of students, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1921 (reprint 1950) *The spontaneous activity in children, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1922 *Education in the family, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1920 *The practice of active school, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1922 (reprint 1929) *The active school, 1920 (reprint 1953) *The coééducation gender, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1926. (included in "Transforming Schools", 1948) *Spiritual progress, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1926 *Bakula and his work educator, 1926 *The maternal heart Pestalozzi, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1928 *The psychological types in children, in adults and in the course of education, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1922 *The future of genetic psychology, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1931 *The school measure, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1931 *Characterological typocosmique, Geneva and Paris, 1932. *In collaboration with Karl-Ernst Krafft *Our children and the future of the country, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1942 *Human liberation, Éditions du Mont Blanc, Geneva, 1943 *Towards a natural classification of psychological types, Nice, 1943 *Children's Home after the war, Delachaux and Niestlé, Neuchâtel, 1945 *The school workforce across Europe, Michon, Paris, 1948 *Brief introduction to the new education, Bourrelier, Paris, 1951 *The mystery of the person, Rigois, Turin, 1955

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferriere, Adolphe 1879 births 1960 deaths Swiss Quakers People from Geneva Academic staff of the University of Geneva