Soul Shapers:  A Better Plan for Parents and Educators, 2015

Soul Shapers: A Better Plan for Parents and Educators, 2015

The author compares the ideas of Ellen White to those of educator and psychologist William Glasser.  External control, says Glasser, does not work; you need to teach children to control themselves.  A noncoercive approach takes children beyond grudging acquiescence to self-motivation. Case studies show how to achieve this goal.

Reviewed by Carol Campbell, PhD

Vice President for Education

Southwestern Union Conference

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