Bertrand Russell on Education.

Bertrand Russell on Education.

Although scholars from many disciplines have turned their attention to Russell's work and appraised its significance for a number of fields, and an extensive literature on him emerged, until this book, first published in 1963, no thorough study on Russell's contribution to education - an a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Park, Joe
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Series:Routledge library editions. Russell.
Subjects:
Russell, Bertrand, > 1872-1970.
Russell, Bertrand, > 1872-1970
Education > Philosophy.
Education > Philosophy
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Bertrand Russell On Education; Copyright; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; I. Introduction; II. Some Aspects of Bertrand Russell's Philosophy; The Philosophy of Logical Analysis; Russell's View of the World; Ethics; III. Sources of Russell's Theory of Education; Rejection of Locke, Rousseau, and Arnold; Russell's Approach to Theory-building; Ethics; Behaviourism; Psychoanalysis; Educational Pioneers; IV. The Church, the State, and the 'herd'; The Church; The State; Reconciliation of Citizen and Individual; The 'herd'; V. Education and the Good Life; Vitality; Courage; Sensitiveness
  • Cultivation of IntelligenceEducation Between Six and Fourteen Years of Age; Last School Years; The University; VI. The Beacon Hill School in the Weaknesses in British Education; Beacon Hill; School Work at Beacon Hill; Criticisms of Beacon Hill; Beacon Hill Thought a Failure; Dora Continues at Beacon Hill; VII. An Appraisal; A Selected Bibliography; Index

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