| Description |
ix, 289 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
John Milton and his "academy" -- Francis Bacon and the inductive method -- Ratich and his educational claims -- Comenius and his great didactic -- John Locke and education as discipline -- Francke and his institutions -- Rousseau and naturalism in education --Basedow and the Philanthropinum -- Pestalozzi and education as development -- Herbart and education as a science -- Froebel and the kindergarten -- Lancaster and Bell, and the monitorial system -- Horace Mann and the American educational revival -- Herbert Spencer and the relative value of studies |
| Notes |
Reprint of the 1912 ed |
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"Largely an outgrowth of ... lectures before extension classes, teachers' institutes, and other informal gatherings in the States of Missouri and Ohio." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies |
| Subject |
Educators.
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Education -- History.
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| ISBN |
0404028918 |
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