Freinet Techniques

Since 1924, when Célestin Freinet began his experiment (bringing movable type and a printing press into classrooms), thousands of school magazines have been written, typeset and printed by children who were learning to read and write with what would be called the "Freinet techniques." Creating these printed materials developed student skills and gave young people practice giving visual form to language—and generated enthusiasm for a new, emancipatory vision of education.

Freinet Techniques assembles more than a hundred reproductions from these school magazines along with translations (some in English, some in Dutch). These works are accompanied by two essays—by graphic designer César Roger and artist and researcher Marie Preston—and introduced with a text by graphic designer Paul Gangloff.