"The Joy of Learning—In the Open Corridor"
Magazine article
By: Walter Schneir and Miriam Schneir
Date: 1971
Source: Schneir, Walter, and Miriam Schneir. "The Joy of Learning—In the Open Corridor." The New York Times Magazine, April 4, 1971, 30–31, 72–80, 92–97. Reprinted in Silberman, Charles E., ed. The Open Classroom Reader. New York: Vintage Books, 1973, 39–42.
About the Authors: Miriam and Walter Schneir are journalists who write about history and education. In 1965 they coauthored the book, Invitation to an Inquest: A New Look at the Rosenberg-Sobell Case.
Introduction
The Open Classroom Reader, edited by Charles Silberman, offers a collection of essays on the theories and practices of the open classroom in America. Grounded in an English tradition, the open classroom was one of the experimental programs of the 1970s and 1980s.
Silberman is a critic of...
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