Fernand Oury

Fernand Oury (18 January 1920, La Garenne-Colombes – 19 February 1998, Blois) was a pedagogue and creator of institutional pedagogy. He recommended and practiced a "school of the people" methodology, in which children were no longer passive receivers, but actively participated in the management of their learning, methods, forms of relations and the everyday life of the class: all of which he called ''institutions'' (in the sociological sense). Some of the notable elements of this methodology were ''pupils' council'', ''school funds'' and individualized curricula. Provided by Wikipedia