2 options
An essay towards a philosophy of education : a liberal education for all. / Charlotte M. Mason.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mason, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Maria), 1842-1923, author.
- Series:
- Education in a Competitive and Globalizing World
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Parents National Educational Union (London, England).
- Education.
- Education--Philosophy.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Nova Science Publishers Inc 2021
- Summary:
- This book explains that the natural and only quite wholesome way of teaching is to let the child's desire for knowledge operate in the schoolboy and guide the teacher. This means that without foregoing discipline, nor cutting ourselves off from tradition, we must continue experiments already being started in our elementary schools. These are based on the chastening fact that children learn best before we adults begin to teach them at all: and hence that however uncongenial the task may be, we must conform our teaching methods to those of Nature. The attempt has often been made before. But in this book there is a rare combination of intuitive insight and practical sagacity. The author refused to believe that the collapse of the desire for knowledge between seven and seventeen years of age is inevitable.
- Contents:
- Introduction Section I Chapter 1 Self-Education Chapter 2 Children Are Born Persons Chapter 3 The Good and Evil Nature of a Child Chapter 4 Authority and Docility Chapter 5 The Sacredness of Personality Chapter 6 Three Instruments of Education Chapter 7 How We Make Use of Mind Chapter 8 The Way of the Will Chapter 9 The Way of the Reason Chapter 10 The Curriculum Section II: Theory Applied Chapter 11 A Liberal Education in Elementary Schools Chapter 12 A Liberal Education in Secondary Schools Chapter 13 The Scope of Continuation Schools Chapter 14 The Basis of National Strength: A Liberal Education from a National Standpoint Conclusion: Too Wide a Mesh Blank Page Blank Page
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Mason, Charlotte M. An Essay Towards a Philosophy of Education: a Liberal Education for All
- ISBN:
- 9781685073855
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.