Putting Sylvia in her place: Ashton-Warner and progressive education in New Zealand, 1928-1958

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• Professor Sue Middleton - University of Waikato, New Zealand
• Wednesday 14 October 2009, 12:00-14:00
• Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ.

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Sylvia Ashton-Warner’s New Zealand educational context has been – and continues to be – misrepresented as antithetical to her creative methods. This paper locates Sylvia’s educational ideas within the national and international Progressive Education movement, indicating that key education officials in post-war New Zealand encouraged creativity and self-expression.

This talk is part of the Social Theory Seminars series.

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