John Holt is indisputably a major thinker in education. Roland Meighan's volume offers the most coherent account of Holt's educational thought. This work is divided into: intellectual biography; critical exposition of Holt's work; and the reception and influence of Holt's work and the relevance of the work today.This is a major international reference series providing comprehensive accounts of the work of seminal educational thinkers from a variety of periods, disciplines and traditions. It is the most ambitious and prestigious such project ever published - a definitive resource for at least a generation. The thinkers include: Aquinas, Aristotle, Bourdieu, Bruner, Dewey, Foucault, Freire, Holt, Kant, Locke, Montessori, Neill, Newman, Owen, Peters, Piaget, Plato, Rousseau, Steiner, Vygotsky, West, and Wollstonecraft.

"'Read this book not only to learn about John Holt's work, but about what you can do in your own life to personalize and make education meaningful not just to yourself, but for others as well.' Patrick Farenga worked with John Holt Associates and Growing Without Schooling magazine for over 24 years."

Roland Meighan was Special Professor of Education, University of Nottingham, UK and Senior Lecturer, University of Birmingham, UK.