The Self-Government of Students in the Theory and Practice of „Active School”

Abstract

This article shows the standpoint of “active school” to the students self-government in the end of XIX –beg. of XX century in the USA and West Europe. Theoretical discussions about qualities and shortcomings of self-government of many authors - J. Dewey, R.Cousinet, A. Ferriere, J. Piaget et al., - are presented in this article. Author also presents the experience of “new schools” of instilling the self-government in the practice.