Investagation of Alexander Neill's Liberalism and How He Practiced on Summerhill School

• Main Author: 趙堉喬
• Other Authors: 陳德發
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/bkhs4k

碩士 === 國立彰化師範大學 === 工業教育與技術學系 === 106 === The purpose of this study is illustrated the United Kingdom educator, Alexander Sutherland Neill’s Liberalism thought, educational thought, and the situation in practicing on establishing Summer Hill School. There are two important reasons in this study could be discussed; first, exploring what the Neill’s liberalism thought is, second, proving how Neill do on practicing these thoughts in Summer Hill School. After reviewing literatures, which were inquired important scholars of liberalism in Modern Britain, such as John Locke, Adam Smith, Jeremy Bentham, and John Stuart Mill, then realizing and comparing the liberalism development in the United Kingdom with Neill’s liberalism thought. According to reviewing those literatures, there was lots of Humanism ideas appeared in Neill’s Liberalism thoughts, or through this research it can be said that Neill’s thoughts went on Rousseau’s Natural Education. The similar thoughts with Neill and those important Liberalism scholars were regarded as the reaction of the social status at that time; on the other hand, the different parts were those Liberalism scholars’ thoughts were applied in politician and economic, while Neill’s thoughts was applied in education. Neill issued the different viewpoints on “positive” and “negative”, he also linking the concepts of "liberalism" and "responsibility" The core of Neill’s liberalism thoughts and education concepts were “Love, Sincerity, and Liberalism”, he regarded education was based on student as subject. Although Neill didn’t establish a complete Liberalism theory; nevertheless, his Summer Hill School was viewed as the pioneer of open education. Neill implemented his thoughts into education; hence he became a practitioner of education.