Founders : innovators in education, 1830-1980 / Ernest Stabler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stabler, Ernest, 1914-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grundtvig, N. F. S. (Nicolai Frederik Severin), 1783-1872.

Grundtvig, N. F. S.

Mann, Horace, 1796-1859.

Mann, Horace.

Lyon, Mary, 1797-1849.

Lyon, Mary.

Coady, Moses, 1882-1959.

Coady, Moses.

Hahn, Kurt, 1886-.

Hahn, Kurt.

Venables, Peter Percy Frederick Ronald, Sir, 1904-.

Venables, Peter Percy Frederick Ronald.

Perry, Walter, 1921-2003.

Perry, Walter.

Lee, Yoo-Jean.

Educators--Biography.

Educators.

Educators--History.

Education--Philosophy--History.

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edmonton, Alta. : University of Alberta Press, 1986, c1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ernest Stabler focuses on six individuals or groups whose ideas led to the founding of educational institutions. Included are N.F.S. Grundtvig (Danish folk high schools), Mary Lyon (Mount Holyoke College), Horace Mann (Massachusetts schools), Moses Coady and James Tompkins (St. Francis Xavier University), Kurt Hahn (Salem and Gordonstoun, Outward Bound and Atlantic College), and the team of Harold Wilson, Jennie Lee, Walter Perry, and Peter Venables (Open University).

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 N. F. S. Grundtvig: The Danish Folk High School

2 Horace Mann: The American Public School System

3 Mary Lyon: The Liberal Arts College for Women

4 James Tompkins and Moses Coady: The Antigonish Movement in Nova Scotia

5 Kurt Hahn: International Schools and Colleges

6 Harold Wilson, Jennie Lee, Peter Venables, and Walter Perry: The British Open University

7 The Dynamics of Innovation

Notes

Bibliography.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliography: p. 297-306.

ISBN:

1-4593-0425-X

1-4175-9155-2

OCLC:

647753914