John Haden Badley
John Haden Badley (born February 21, 1865 in Dudley , † March 6, 1967 in Steep near Petersfield ) was an English educationalist .
At the age of 15 he went to rugby boarding school, where he apparently had negative experiences. As a student at Trinity College (Cambridge) , he gained an appreciation for music and theater. With Edmund Garrett, he supported the women's movement. He married his sister Amy. Both wanted to found a school according to family rules in order to develop individual talent and social action at the same time. He became a lifelong socialist adhering to the ideals of William Morris .
He worked for a few years as a teacher in the Abbotsholme country school and in 1893 founded the Bedales country school in the village of Steep near Petersfield (Hampshire), which still exists today . Cecil Reddie (Abbotsholme) was not pleased with the competing creation of Bedales. Pedagogical focus in Bedales was the co-education (since 1898), a freer sex education, the arts education as well as the design of the laboratory method .
In the later years of his life he wrote religious books.
Fonts
- Bedales. A Pioneer School . London 1923
Web links
- John Haden Badley at paed.com
- https://www.bedales.org.uk/bedales
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Badley, John Haden |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English reform pedagogue |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dudley |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 1967 |
| Place of death | Steep at Petersfield |