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Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education
Author(s): Liora Bresler (Editor), David Cooper (Editor), Joy Palmer (Editor)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: September 27, 2001
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 314 pages
- ISBN-10: 0415224098
- ISBN-13: 9780415224093
Book Description
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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
This volume is ambitious in scope, tightly written, and a good introduction to the thinkers represented. Recommended for graduate, research, and professional collections in education..
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.
