Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education: From Piaget to the Present Day

Joy Palmer (Editor), Liora Bresler (Editor), David Cooper (Editor)

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Abstract

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.
Original languageEnglish (US)
PublisherRoutledge
Number of pages320
ISBN (Electronic)9780203464694
ISBN (Print)9780415224086, 9780415224093
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StatePublished - 2001

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  • Carl Rogers 1902–87

    Feinberg, E. & Feinberg, W., Sep 11 2002, Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education: From Piaget to the Present Day. Bresler, L., Cooper, D. & Palmer, J. (eds.). Routledge, p. 49-53 (Routledge Key Guides).

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  • Clark Kerr 1911—

    Bragg, D. D. & Laanan, F. S., 2001, Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education: From Piaget to the Present Day. Bresler, L., Cooper, D. & Palmer, J. (eds.). Routledge, p. 79-85 (Routledge Key Guides).

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  • Harry Broudy 1905–98

    Bresler, L., 2001, Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education: From Piaget to the Present Day. Bresler, L., Cooper, D. & Palmer, J. (eds.). Routledge, p. 64-69 (Routledge Key Guides).

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