From Plato To Piaget: The Greatest Educational Theorists From Across the Centuries and Around the World

by William Cooney, Charles Cross, Barry Trunk

Overview

The authors of this book consult fifteen thinkers, from various fields, who have a profound understanding of the important role that education plays in our world. Each chapter opens with an Introduction and concludes with a discussion and questions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461668534
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	11/02/1993
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	294
File size:	354 KB

About the Author

William Cooney, PhD is Professor of Philosophy, Hodges University, Charles Cross, PhD is professor of Education at Edinboro University, and Barry Trunk, PhD is a Professor of Psychology at Capella University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Plato, Plato's Cave: On Breaking the Chains of Ignorance
Chapter 3 Confucius, Confucius, The Master Teacher
Chapter 4 John Locke, Locke On Developing Good Habits
Chapter 5 Jean Jacques Rousseau, Rousseau On Keeping Education Natural
Chapter 6 Johann Frederich Herbart, Herbart On the Education of Moral Character
Chapter 7 Horace Mann, Mann's Purposes of Education
Chapter 8 William James, James On the Laws of Habit
Chapter 9 Booker T. Washington, Washington On Achieving Social Equality
Chapter 10 John Dewey, Dewey On Society and Education
Chapter 11 Maria Montessori, Montessori: My System of Education
Chapter 12 Carl Rogers, Rogers On Becoming a Person
Chapter 13 B.F. Skinner, Skinner On Contingency Management in the Classroom
Chapter 14 Shinichi Suzuki, Suzuki On the Intellectual Development of the Child
Chapter 15 Conclusion
Chapter 16 Bibliography