L'école buissonnière
Soon after the Great War, the Provence village of Salezes gets a new boys' teacher: Mr. Pascal, a war hero with a diploma from a teachers' college. He rejects old methods: boys' sitting still with arms folded memorizing facts. He ...
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"Dedicated to Mrs Montessori(Italy),Mr.Claparède (Switzerland) ,Mr Bekulé (Tchecoslovakia),Mr Décroly (Belgium) and to Mr Freinet (France).The latter's wife contributed to the screenplay ,and Monsieur Pascal is none other than Célestin Freinet.Celestin Freinet who was wounded in WW1 ,and thus could not talk very much so had to find new methods which revolutionized teaching skills.Unlike Monsieur Pascal,he did have to resign and to create his own schools.Even today ,even if you are not in a Freinet school,you can feel his influence here there and everywhere:if it had not been for him,educat..."
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Schoolteacher Célestin Freinet whose life and innovative educational methods are the subject of this movie, sued the producer to have his name mentioned in the credits.
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Soon after the Great War, the Provence village of Salezes gets a new boys' teacher: Mr. Pascal, a war hero with a diploma from a teachers' college. He rejects old methods: boys' sitting still with arms folded memorizing facts. He ...