Roger Cousinet (1881 in

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, France – 5 April 1973 in

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, France) was a French teacher and a pioneer of the

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system in France. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts in 1903 at

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. He went on to become a teacher, before being mobilized into World War 1. Soon after the war, he continued his teaching, focusing on the method of

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, which was initially frowned upon by his superiors at the time. In 1922 he founded the journal ''La nouvelle Education'', running it until 1939. In 1946 he created with François Chatelain the new School of the Source in

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, and the New School Association Française. In 1964, he founded the journal ''Education and Development'' which is still a current prominent French journal. He has published a number of books including: ''A method of free labor groups'' (1945), ''The social life of the child'' (1950), ''The new education'' (1950) and ''Do as I say'' (1950). He is listed as one of the 100 most famous educators by the

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(IBE).

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