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1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages .) |
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Continuum library of educational thought ; v. 25 |
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Continuum library of educational thought ; v. 25.
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Robert Owen : industrialist and reformer -- Key principles of Owen's educational thought and practice -- Education, work, and community -- The education of citizens in the just society -- The ambivalent legacy of Robert Owen : utopianism and rationality -- Education, world heritage, and social change : New Lanark as an educational experience |
| Summary |
This text offers a major reassessment of the life and thought of the distinguished 19th century industrial philanthropist and educational reformer, Robert Owen. In a period when Owen's radical new visions for learning and teaching, adult and vocational pedagogy and social transformation are receiving fresh and global attention, Robert Davis and Frank O'Hagan place Owen's thought right at the heart of the Enlightenment advocacy of popular, democratic mass education. Tracing both the ancestry and the legacy of Owen's reforming spirit, they also offer a critical appraisal of the relevance of his |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Owen, Robert, 1771-1858
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| SUBJECT |
Owen, Robert, 1771-1858. fast (OCoLC)fst00052397 |
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Owen, Robert. swd |
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Educators -- Scotland -- Biography
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Education -- Great Britain -- History
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Education -- Great Britain -- Philosophy
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Social reformers -- Scotland -- Biography
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EDUCATION -- Essays.
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EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
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EDUCATION -- Reference.
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Education.
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Education -- Philosophy.
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Educators.
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Social reformers.
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Erziehungsphilosophie
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Great Britain.
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Scotland.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
O'Hagan, Frank
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| ISBN |
1441162739 |
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9781441162731 |
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