A lively account of the implementation of a project to change primary schools in Sri Lanka into places where children could learn actively in a setting of freedom and responsibility. The book describes the re-training of teachers to play a more non-directive supportive role in the classroom, with a detailed account of the training course. It analyses the social political and cultural factors in Sri Lanka, such as the strict hierarchical structure that had to be taken into consideration and either utilized or overcome, and discusses how to follow up such reforms by providing continuous information and support to prevent regression to the old ways of teaching.