Anton Makarenko
1888 – 1939 Ukrainian educator, writer
Soviet educator who rehabilitated homeless youth through work, discipline, and the collective.
- Religion
- Secular.
- Affiliations
- Ran the Gorky Colony for homeless youth in the Soviet Union.
Anton Makarenko developed a method of education through the collective while running colonies for homeless and delinquent youth after the Russian Revolution. He combined productive work, self government, and group responsibility to reshape troubled young people into contributing members of society. His account of the work, The Road to Life, made him one of the most influential Soviet educators.