John Henry Newman

by James Arthur, Guy Nicholls, Richard Bailey (Editor)

Overview

A major international reference series providing comprehensive accounts of the work of seminal educational thinkers from a variety of periods, disciplines and traditions. It is the most ambitious and prestigious such project ever published - a definitive resource for at least a generation. The thinkers include: Aquinas, Aristotle, Bourdieu, Bruner, Dewey, Foucault, Freire, Holt, Kant, Locke, Montessori, Neill, Newman, Owen, Peters, Piaget, Plato, Rousseau, Steiner, Vygotsky, West and Wollstonecraft.
John Henry Newman is indisputably a major thinker in education. James Arthur and Guy Nicholls' volume offers the most coherent account of Newman's educational thought. This work is divided into:
Intellectual biography
Critical exposition of Newman's work and The reception, influence and relevance of Newman's work today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826484079
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/15/2008
Series:	Continuum Library of Educational Thought , #8
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

James Arthur is Professor of Education and Civic Engagement at the University of Birmingham, UK. He is Editor of the British Jourbanal of Educational Studies and Director of the Jubilee Centre for Character and Values, UK.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface     vii
Foreword     ix
Acknowledgements     xi
Introduction: Newman the Educator     1
Intellectual Biography     5
Newman: Educational Biography     7
Notes to Part 1     41
Critical Exposition of Newman's Work     45
The Religious Character of Education in Newman's Thought     47
The Moral Purpose of Education     86
Liberal Education: The Ability to Think     120
The Vocational Dimension of Education     150
Notes to Part 2     174
The Influence and Relevance of Newman's Work Today     187
Newman's Challenge to Some Modern Educational Trends     189
Notes to Part 3     203
Appendix A     205
Appendix B     214
Bibliography     225
Index     231