Here is the aim of the truly new education; first of all to discover the child and effect his liberation.

The vision of the teacher should be at once precise like that of the scientist, and spiritual like that of the saint. The preparation for science and...

Let us suppose, instead, that through long and patient exercises we have already trained our teachers in the observation of nature, and that we have...

...if a teacher has enough patience to repeat an exercise as often as a child, she can measure in herself the energy and endurance possessed by a...

Thus by preparing an open environment, an environment suited to this moment of life, natural manifestation of the child's psyche and hence the...

The true educator is the man who rids himself of the inner obstacles which make the child incomprehensible to him; he is not simply the man who is...

In the psychological realm of relationship between teacher and child, the teacher's part and its techniques are analogous to those of the valet; they...

The child has to acquire physical independence by being self-sufficient; he must become of independent will by using in freedom his own power of...

To become acquainted with the material, a teacher should not just look at it, study it in a book, or learn its use through the explanations of another...

A teacher who is urged on by a profound reverence for life, while she is making her interesting observations, should respect the gradual unfolding of...