Title | : | Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education |
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Author | : | Liora Bresler, David Cooper & Joy Palmer |
Release | : | 2002-09-11 |
Kind | : | ebook |
Genre | : | Education, Books, Professional & Technical, Reference |
Size | : | 2908878 |
Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education looks at fifty of the twentieth century's most significant contributors to the debate on education. Among those included are: * Pierre Bourdieu * Elliot Eisner * Hans J. Eysenck * Michel Focault * Henry Giroux * Jurgen Habermas * Susan Isaacs * A.S. Neill * Herbert Read * Simone Weill. Together with Fifty Major Thinkers on Education this book provides a unique history of educational thinking. Each essay gives key biographical information, an outline of the individual's principal achievements and activities, an assessment of his or her impact and influence and a list of their major writings and suggested further reading. |