Roots: The Life Space Pioneers

Autor/in	James, Adrienne Brant
Titel	Roots: The Life Space Pioneers
Quelle	In: Reclaiming Children and Youth, 17 (2008) 2, S.4-10 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1089-5701
Schlagwörter	Psychologists; Experimental Programs; Adolescents; Theories; Book Reviews; Day Camp Programs; Graduate Students; Behavior Problems; Males; Urban Youth; Michigan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychologist; Psychologe; Psychologin; Erprobungsprogramm; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Theory; Theorie; Book reviewing; Book review; Rezension; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt
Abstract	Traditional approaches to education and youth work were transformed by two psychologists who came to the United States as Hitler rose to power. Practical theorist Kurt Lewin challenged mechanistic ideas of behavior by studying children in their natural "life space." Theory practitioner Fritz Redl applied life space concepts to work with troubled children. The reclaiming youth movement sprang from these pioneers and their proteges. The landmark work on troubled children and youth is "The Aggressive Child" by Redl and David Wineman. This is a carefully documented account of highly troubled children in an experimental program called Pioneer House in Detroit, Michigan. At the 50th anniversary of this book, Larry Brendtro and the author undertook research on the roots of Redl's philosophy and its legacy of programs for troubled youth. They both had the opportunity to know Redl and Wineman directly through their early professional experience at the University of Michigan Fresh Air Camp. However, they had not anticipated the extent to which progressive programs for challenging youth can be traced to the intellectual genealogy of Redl and his colleague Lewin. (Contains 7 endnotes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10