Household Education

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Household Education" by Harriet Martineau is a treatise on educational philosophy written in the mid-19th century. The book explores the concept of education as a communal process taking place within the home, emphasizing the role of all household members in fostering mutual growth and understanding. Martineau's work addresses various aspects of domestic life and the importance of nurturing both intellectual and moral development in children and adults alike. The opening of "Household Education" introduces the idea that education is a shared responsibility among all household members, not limited to parents and children but extending to servants and apprentices as well. Martineau reflects on her two decades of observing domestic life, expressing her belief that everyone in a household is engaged in a continual process of learning and improvement. She encourages readers to reconsider traditional education methods, emphasizing the need for cooperation, communication, and the continual pursuit of knowledge and moral betterment within the family environment. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Old and young in school

What the schooling is for

The natural possessions of man

How to expect

The golden mean

The new comer

Care of the frame

Care of the powers: will

Hope

Fear

Patience

Patience: infirmity

Love

Veneration

Truthfulness

Conscientiousness

Intellectual training: its requisites

Order of development. The perceptive faculties

The conceptive faculties

The reasoning faculties. Female education

The imaginative faculties

Care of the habits; importance of habit

Personal habits

Family habits

Conclusion.

Credits:

Produced by Julia Miller, Pat McCoy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 59.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.

Release date is 2011-11-30