Freinet celestin biography of alberta

Célestin Freinet was born in 1896 at Gars, a small town of Alpes-Maritimes, a then fairly poor region of southern France.

He spent his childhood working in the fields and as a shepherd.

Freinet celestin biography of alberta

He participated in World War I and was seriously wounded, an injury from which he never quite recovered. He returned to the region of his childhood as a teacher and after serious conflicts with local school authorities he founded his own school, establishing a free platform for his educational work.

He developed a school program, laid the groundwork for a national movement of school reform, published several books on schooling and education, and wrote a great number of articles in professional and political journals like Clarté. He organized the production and sale of learning materials, organized several national and international conferences on progressive education, and edited the journal L'Éducateur (The educator).

During the interwar years he p