Doctrines of the Great Educators.

RUSK, Robert R./ SCOTLAND, James (reviser).:

ISBN 10: 0333232208 / ISBN 13: 9780333232200

Published by London: Macmillan, 1979

About this Item

Fifth edition, revised. Completely revised by James Scotland to include the important modern theoriss such as Neill. Skinner. Piaget and Illich and is introduced by a new chapter discussing the concept of 'the great educator'." Pp.viii/310. Black cloth, dustwrapper has uneven sunning to rear. G+/G+.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Doctrines of the Great Educators.
• Publisher: London: Macmillan
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333232208
• ISBN 13: 9780333232200
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • EDUCATION

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Synopsis

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1918. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IX PESTALOZZI Among the great educators Pestalozzi presents a sorry figure; he appears as a man afflicted with new ideas which he found himself unable to formulate or to put effectively into practice. This he was himself the first to confess. In his Swansong he admits :1 "My lofty ideals were preeminently the product of a kind, well-meaning soul, inadequately endowed with the intellectual and practical capacity which might have helped considerably to further my heartfelt desire. It was the product of an extremely vivid imagination, which in the stress of my daily life proved unable to produce any important results." Thus a worse expounder of his own doctrines could hardly be imagined than Pestalozzi himself. In one work he describes his educational ideal in the form of a romance; in another, he is, as Herbart says,2 "metamorphosed into a pedantic drillmaster in arithmetic, pleased with himself for having filled a thick book with the multiplication table." The production of a complete and consistent system would be utterly incompatible with the nature and life of Pestalozzi; he might nevertheless have claimed, as Bacon did, to have Pestalozzi's Educational Writings, edited by J. A. Green, p. 288. 8 Cf, Eckofi's translation of Herbart's A B C of Sense-Perception and Minor Pedagogical Works, p. 52. rung the bell that called the other wits together, for not only were the reforms of practical educationists in almost every country in Europe inspired by him, but Herbart, Fichte and Proebel also came directly under his influence. Had Pestalozzi been required to characterise briefly his conception of education he would doubtless have designated it an education according to nature. This characterisation is, however, not decisive, for it may connote the m...