Kees Boeke (educator)

Kees Boeke 1939

Cornelis "Kees" Boeke (born September 29, 1884 in Alkmaar , † July 3, 1966 in Abcoude ) was a Dutch educationalist .

Life

Boeke studied at the University of London . Together with Helene Stöcker and Wilfred Wellock , he founded “Paco” ( Peace in Esperanto ) in Bilthoven in 1921 , later War Resisters' International (WRI). In 1926 he set up the reform school Werkplaats Kindergemeenschap in Bilthoven near Utrecht , which was inspired, among other things, by the ideas of the Quakers , and which he headed until 1954. Three children of Queen Juliana were also taught here at times, including Beatrix , who later became Queen of the Netherlands .

Boeke developed the concept of sociocracy , which is used in Iederwijs schools , among others .

Works

• De Vergetenen (1920)
• Songs in writing (1923)
• Children's Community (1934)
• A children's community in Holland (1935)
• Vernieuwde leiding voor het schoolkind (1945)
• Kindergemeenschappen (1946)
• Redelijke ordening van de mensengemeenschap (1946)

Adaptations

His ideas and theses have been the subject of several documentaries.

• Cosmic Zoom (1968), based on the book "Cosmic View"
• Powers of Ten (1977)
• A Rough Sketch for a Proposed Film Dealing with the Powers of Ten and the Relative Size of Things in the Universe (1968)

Web links

• Kees Boeke in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Boeke, Cornelis (1884–1966) (edited article in the Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland , Dutch)
• Cosmic View - The Universe in Forty Jumps - Book by Kees Boeke (1957)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Boeke, Cornelis (1884-1966). Instituut voor Nederlands Geschiedenis, January 12, 2009, accessed July 18, 2010 (Dutch). 
2. ↑ Kees Boeke: Sociography. Retrieved July 18, 2010 . 
3. ^ De school van Beatrix. Retrieved July 18, 2010 (Dutch).