Reviews

This book is insightful. It is needed and should be required reading in any faculty of education course. I really enjoyed reading it.
Robert Rustad, former lecturer, University of British Columbia.

I heartily congratulate Pamela Proctor for writing a fascinating tale of one teacher's struggle for humane education. Not only has she told a good story, she has written it extremely well. Her love of children, and devotion to their welfare, shines through on every page and sometimes brought tears to my eyes.
Dr. Olive Johnson, psychologist, author, and former school trustee.

I have found that my students and I have the most memorable experiences when I allow my children to learn through play and to build on their own interests. This book has inspired me to trust myself and my children.
Michelle Marrs, a beginning primary teacher.

Proctor describes in detail the many issues that arose during the process of (her) transformation. But this is not simply a book of interest to teachers; it is a book for anyone who ever went to school, particularly boomers who grew up during a period of great experimentation within the education system. Proctor tells the story well and engagingly, with fully-documented segments, tape transcriptions, many colour photographs and a selected bibliography.
Jan DeGrass, Coast Reporter, Gibsons

I am intrigued that you made a turn, and early, from the highly traditional, to less formal, more arduous and subtle complexities of supporting more natural education of young children…Your description of the exchange experience in England, and of Summerhill, I found most interesting….Your book has been beautifully produced with the kind of care and attention that I am sure you brought to classroom teaching and learning.
Carol Anne Wein, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, York University, Toronto

Amazing Book!
Jacquie Nielson, Head Teacher, Charles Dickens Annex, Vancouver

I think the book is a wonderful read and a compelling testimony to a time when our pubic system embraced innovation, holistic learning and open-concept schooling.
Michael Maser, 2006 winner of Prime Minister's Award for Educational Excellence

Reading your fascinating book, I am thrilled by our whole philosophy and approach in "child-sensitive" methods. This type of approach has always been mine in working in the areas of speech, language and reading with children and young adults.
Gert de LaForest, Speech and Language Therapist, Regina

I recommend Honouring the Child to all elementary teachers. It's an opportunity to think again about what an educational program should be.
Chris Schut, Newsletter,Vancouver Elementary School Teachers' Assoc.

Having just passed the halfway point in your book, and I just had to pause long enough to tell you that this is probably the most important book on education that I've ever read. You've definitely whet my appetite and given me some leads to further explore your methods…I must say that you write beautifully. It is a pleasure to read this book.
Bettie Anne Marchiori, Vancouver Teacher

Totally straightforward and honest and as a record of one person's journey through education it made very good sense…. It started me thinking.
Richard Reece, Retired Professor of Archaeology, London University, England

This book confirms my belief that by giving children space to develop their own ideas and interests, rather than by imposing a rigid system of learning up on them, they will thrive.
Georgina Brandon, parent.

This is a 'must read' book for anyone who teaches children and who is searching for concrete examples of ground breaking holistic learning techniques in which students' deepest needs are fulfilled after being given the opportunity to play.
Jacqueline Allan Gye, B.R.Ed., National Coaching Certification Program

This enlightening work comes at an opportune time when insight into the potential harm that may be done by excessive emphasis on early formal instruction and frequent testing of young children is urgently needed. In addition, it raises the questions for creative and thoughtful people who are making a career commitment to teaching young children.
Dr. Lilian G. Katz, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

In this book Proctor has produced a masterpiece of professional autobiography that tells the story school by school, colleague by colleague, child by child, of her own search for professional fulfillment as a teacher.
Dr. Sylvia C. Chard, Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta.

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