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Historical and philosophical foundations of education : a biographical introduction / Gerald Lee Gutek

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey : Merrill Publishing Company, c1997Description: viii, 432 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780132097437
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LA 2301 .G88 1997
Contents:
Chapter. 1. Educational Biography and the Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education -- Chapter. 2. Plato: Idealist Philosopher and Educator for the Perfect Society -- Chapter. 3. Aristotle: Founder of Realism -- Chapter. 4. Quintilian: Rhetorical Educator in Service of the Emperor -- Chapter. 5. Thomas Aquinas: Scholastic Theologian and Creator of the Medieval Christian Synthesis -- Chapter. 6. Desiderius Erasmus: Renaissance Humanist and Cosmopolitan Educator -- Chapter. 7. John Calvin: Theologian and Educator of the Protestant Reformation -- Chapter. 8. Johann Amos Comenius: Pansophist Educator and Proponent of International Education -- Chapter. 9. Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Prophet of Naturalism -- Chapter. 10. Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi: Proponent of Educating the Heart and Senses -- Chapter. 11. Thomas Jefferson: Advocate of Republican Education -- Chapter. 12. Mary Wollstonecraft: Proponent of Women's Rights and Education -- Chapter. 13. Horace Mann: Leader of the Common School Movement.
Summary: Structured around the biographies of educators, philosophers and world figures, this book combines both a historical overview of world education and a balanced treatment of educational philosophies. It emphasizes the importance of contexts and situations in the development of educational ideas.
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Includes index.

Chapter. 1. Educational Biography and the Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education -- Chapter. 2. Plato: Idealist Philosopher and Educator for the Perfect Society -- Chapter. 3. Aristotle: Founder of Realism -- Chapter. 4. Quintilian: Rhetorical Educator in Service of the Emperor -- Chapter. 5. Thomas Aquinas: Scholastic Theologian and Creator of the Medieval Christian Synthesis -- Chapter. 6. Desiderius Erasmus: Renaissance Humanist and Cosmopolitan Educator -- Chapter. 7. John Calvin: Theologian and Educator of the Protestant Reformation -- Chapter. 8. Johann Amos Comenius: Pansophist Educator and Proponent of International Education -- Chapter. 9. Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Prophet of Naturalism -- Chapter. 10. Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi: Proponent of Educating the Heart and Senses -- Chapter. 11. Thomas Jefferson: Advocate of Republican Education -- Chapter. 12. Mary Wollstonecraft: Proponent of Women's Rights and Education -- Chapter. 13. Horace Mann: Leader of the Common School Movement.

Structured around the biographies of educators, philosophers and world figures, this book combines both a historical overview of world education and a balanced treatment of educational philosophies. It emphasizes the importance of contexts and situations in the development of educational ideas.

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