Romanticism and education : love, heroism and imagination in pedagogy / David Halpin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halpin, David.

Series:

Continuum studies in education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Progressive education.

Physical Description:

161 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

[London] ; New York : Continuum, [2007]

Summary:

In this original book, David Halpin argues that an understanding of the Romantic roots of progressive education is a necessary condition for restoring to critical consciousness some important, but currently neglected, basic ideas about teaching and learning - ideas about the importance of imaginative experience and its promotion; ideas about the high status that should be conferred on childhood; ideas about the importance of love and friendship in schooling; ideas about the positive role that heroism can play in making learning more effective; and ideas about viewing teaching as a critical vocation. These themes are pursued in separate chapters, each of which is illuminated by reference to the literary and intellectual contributions of four nineteenth-century English Romantic writers: William Hazlitt, William Wordsworth, Samuel Coleridge and William Blake.

This unusual and illuminating book will stimulate fresh thinking about pedagogic reform. It will be essential reading for those studying for Masters and Doctoral degrees in education as well as academics, researchers and policy-makers working in the same field.

Contents:

Progressive education and romantic energy

Romantic images of childhood : from innocence to transcendence

An education in nature and dissent : the romantics at school

Education and romantic love : passion and gusto in pedagogy

Heroizing pedagogy and school management

Pedagogy and the romantic imagination

Romantic intellectualism and persuasive eloquence : Hazlitt and the art of educational criticism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [151]-158) and index.

ISBN:

9780826484727

0826484727

OCLC:

76792038