Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education (Routledge Key Guides)

ISBN 10: 0415224098 / ISBN 13: 9780415224093

Published by Routledge, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education (Routledge Key Guides)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415224098
• ISBN 13: 9780415224093
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Joy A. Palmer is Professor of Education and Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Durham. She is Vice President of the National Association for Environmental Education, and a member of the IUCN Commission on Education and Communication.