{"product_id":"progressive-retreat-a-sociological-study-of-dartington-hall-school-1926-1957-and-some-of-its-former-pupils-paperback-9780521134842","title":"Progressive Retreat; A Sociological Study of Dartington Hall School 1926–1957 and some of its former pupils (Paperback) 9780521134842","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eProgressive Retreat\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Sociological Study of Dartington Hall School 1926–1957 and some of its former pupils\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book represents a fresh attempt to apply explicitly sociological methods to Dartington Hall School.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMaurice Punch (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521134842, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 11 March 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e196 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm, 0.3 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn 1926, Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst founded Dartington Hall School. Next to Summerhill it was the most influential and important independent school in England when this book was published in 1977. As such it represents a rich vein of alternative education sponsored by middle-class liberal intellectuals in an attempt to escape the orthodoxy of state educational provision. Yet, little evidence existed as to whether these experimental ventures actually worked or even how they might be evaluated. This book represents a fresh attempt to apply explicitly sociological methods to these questions. Maurice Punch critically scrutinises progressive education's avowed aims to revolutionise the school, to save society from its own destruction, and to produce a renewed type of man and woman.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction on behalf of Dartington Hall trustees\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction: the children of the new era\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Looking Back at the School\u003cbr\u003e 2. An historical sketch of the school 1926–1957\u003cbr\u003e 3. The parents\u003cbr\u003e 4. The children\u003cbr\u003e 5. Social control\u003cbr\u003e 6. The children's world\u003cbr\u003e 7. The academic system and the staff\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Life After School\u003cbr\u003e 8. Leaving school\u003cbr\u003e 9. Work\u003cbr\u003e 10. Marriage and children\u003cbr\u003e 11. The progressive life-style\u003cbr\u003e 12. Conclusion: Dartington, the progressives, and the anti-institution\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006589686040,"sku":"9780521134842","price":29.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521134842i_d585a593-ceb7-4139-9790-c1933e76fa09.jpg?v=1691372201","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/progressive-retreat-a-sociological-study-of-dartington-hall-school-1926-1957-and-some-of-its-former-pupils-paperback-9780521134842","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}