Adolphe Ferrière, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Adolphe Ferrière

Swiss educator; one of the founders of the movement of the progressive education

Date of Birth: 30-Aug-1879

Place of Birth: Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland

Date of Death: 16-Jun-1960

Profession: pedagogue

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Adolphe Ferrière

  • Adolphe Ferrière (Geneva, 1879 - Geneva, 1960) was one of the founders of the movement of the progressive education.
  • He shortly worked in a school in Glarisegg (TG, CH) and later founded an experimental school ('La Forge') in Lausanne, Switzerland, but Adolphe Ferrière had to quickly abandon teaching due to his deafness.
  • In 1921, he founded the New Education Fellowship, in which he wrote the charter.
  • The congress of this league until the Second World War included a number of other teachers: Maria Montessori, Célestin Freinet, Gisèle de Failly and Roger Cousinet.
  • He worked as a humanist and an editor from 1919 to 1922 on the pacifist journal 'l'Essor' (The Rise).
  • He was one of the founding members of the International Bureau of Education (IBE) in 1925, and served as its first Deputy Director alongside Elisabeth Rotten.
  • He was also a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
  • · Throughout his life, he has published a substantial number of books, some of which were done with Karl-Ernst Krafft.
  • · He is listed as one of the 100 most famous educators, by the International Bureau of Education (IBE).

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