Freinet before Freinet: Rejection of War and Revolutionary Perspective

Authors

  • Maximiliano Fuentes Codera Universitat de Girona (Espanya)

Keywords:

Freinet, First World War, internationalism, pedagogy, Bolshevism.

Abstract

This article analyses the consequences from Célestin Freinet’s experience on the front line of World War I on his pedagogical approach. The ideological and political links made between pacifism, the influence of the Bolshevik revolution and popular pedagogy in Freinet’s thinking are studied through an analysis of his war journals and the articles he published in École Emancipée and Clarté from 1920 to 1927. Some examples of the endurance of all these elements in the renowned French pedagogue’s educational approaches during later decades are set out in the conclusion.

Key words: Freinet; First World War; internationalism; pedagogy; Bolshevism.

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Issue

No. 29 (2017): gener-juny

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Monographic theme

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