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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halpin, David, author.

Series:

Continuum studies in education.

Continuum studies in education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Progressive education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

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 vo

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781441117601

1441117601