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Description:Chapters: Kees Boeke, Huub Oosterhuis, Ab Harrewijn. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Cornelis Boeke (September 25, 1884, Alkmaar - July 3, 1966, Abcoude) was a Dutch reformist educator, Quaker missionary and pacifist. He is best known for his popular essay/book Cosmic View (1957) which presents a seminal view of the universe, from the galactic to the microscopic scale, and inspired several films. Boeke tried to renovate education by letting children in on decisions concerning school. He let decisions be made unanimously. He called this process sociocracy. He designated school as a workshop, teachers as employees and pupils as workers. The goal of this form of education was to teach children a sense of democracy. It was also based on Quaker ideas. He founded one such school in 1926 in Bilthoven, which he led until 1954. The later Dutch queen Beatrix enjoyed an early education at this school. Kees Boeke grew up in a Mennonite family in Alkmaar. He studied architecture at the Delft University of Technology. As a student he spent a year in England where he met the Quakers. He became a Quaker and attended Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, the Quaker college near Birmingham. There he was inspired by Bournville, the garden town which the Cadburys, owner of the chocolate factory, had built for their workers. He married Beatrice (Betty) Cadbury. The couple went to Syria in 1912 as Quaker missionaries. In 1914, after the outbreak of World War I, they returned to England. They became active in peace work, the Fellowship of Reconciliation having come into being through Henry Hodgkin. In 1915 Kees traveled to Berlin where he met Friedrich Siegmund-Schultze, with whom Hodgkin had been working at the outbreak of war. Kees began to speak publicly in England: "T...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=244495We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Dutch Christian Socialists: Kees Boeke, Huub Oosterhuis, AB Harrewijn. To get started finding Dutch Christian Socialists: Kees Boeke, Huub Oosterhuis, AB Harrewijn, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Chapters: Kees Boeke, Huub Oosterhuis, Ab Harrewijn. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Cornelis Boeke (September 25, 1884, Alkmaar - July 3, 1966, Abcoude) was a Dutch reformist educator, Quaker missionary and pacifist. He is best known for his popular essay/book Cosmic View (1957) which presents a seminal view of the universe, from the galactic to the microscopic scale, and inspired several films. Boeke tried to renovate education by letting children in on decisions concerning school. He let decisions be made unanimously. He called this process sociocracy. He designated school as a workshop, teachers as employees and pupils as workers. The goal of this form of education was to teach children a sense of democracy. It was also based on Quaker ideas. He founded one such school in 1926 in Bilthoven, which he led until 1954. The later Dutch queen Beatrix enjoyed an early education at this school. Kees Boeke grew up in a Mennonite family in Alkmaar. He studied architecture at the Delft University of Technology. As a student he spent a year in England where he met the Quakers. He became a Quaker and attended Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, the Quaker college near Birmingham. There he was inspired by Bournville, the garden town which the Cadburys, owner of the chocolate factory, had built for their workers. He married Beatrice (Betty) Cadbury. The couple went to Syria in 1912 as Quaker missionaries. In 1914, after the outbreak of World War I, they returned to England. They became active in peace work, the Fellowship of Reconciliation having come into being through Henry Hodgkin. In 1915 Kees traveled to Berlin where he met Friedrich Siegmund-Schultze, with whom Hodgkin had been working at the outbreak of war. Kees began to speak publicly in England: "T...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=244495We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Dutch Christian Socialists: Kees Boeke, Huub Oosterhuis, AB Harrewijn. To get started finding Dutch Christian Socialists: Kees Boeke, Huub Oosterhuis, AB Harrewijn, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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