Beschreibung:
The authors of this book consult fifteen thinkers, from various fields, who have a profound understanding of the important role that education plays in our world. Each chapter opens with an Introduction and concludes with a discussion and questions.
The authors of this book consult fifteen thinkers, from various fields, who have a profound understanding of the important role that education plays in our world. Each chapter opens with an Introduction and concludes with a discussion and questions.
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2Plato, Plato's Cave: On Breaking the Chains of Ignorance
Chapter 3Confucius, Confucius, The Master Teacher
Chapter 4John Locke, Locke On Developing Good Habits
Chapter 5Jean Jacques Rousseau, Rousseau On Keeping Education Natural
Chapter 6Johann Frederich Herbart, Herbart On the Education of Moral Character
Chapter 7Horace Mann, Mann's Purposes of Education
Chapter 8William James, James On the Laws of Habit
Chapter 9Booker T. Washington, Washington On Achieving Social Equality
Chapter 10John Dewey, Dewey On Society and Education
Chapter 11Maria Montessori, Montessori: My System of Education
Chapter 12Carl Rogers, Rogers On Becoming a Person
Chapter 13B.F. Skinner, Skinner On Contingency Management in the Classroom
Chapter 14Shinichi Suzuki, Suzuki On the Intellectual Development of the Child
Chapter 15 Conclusion
Chapter 16 Bibliography