Essays on Educational Reformers

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quick, Robert Hebert, 1831-1891

Contributor:

Harris, William Torrey, 1835-1909

Series:

International Education Series, Vol. 17

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Essays on Educational Reformers" by Robert Hebert Quick is a scholarly work that forms part of the International Education Series, written in the late 19th century. This collection of essays explores the contributions and philosophies of notable educational reformers throughout history, aiming to analyze their impacts on modern educational systems. The book highlights how various figures have challenged existing norms and methodologies in education, ultimately seeking to inspire more effective teaching practices. The opening of the book sets a historical context, emphasizing the significance of the Renaissance period in shaping educational ideals that persist today. Quick discusses how the revival of classical literature and the associated shift in educational paradigms influenced not just classrooms but the very notion of what it means to be educated. He critiques the limitations imposed by a curriculum overly focused on classical studies at the expense of practical knowledge and the development of critical thinking in students. This critical examination lays the groundwork for a discussion about reformative figures in education, who have sought to balance the admirable aspects of classical learning with an awareness of the needs and potentials of contemporary learners. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Effects of the Renascence

Renascence tendencies

Sturmius (1507-1689)

Schools of the Jesuits

Rabelais (1483-1553)

Montaigne (1533-1592)

Ascham (1515-1568)

Mulcaster (1531(?)-1611)

Ratichius (1571-1635)

Comenius (1592-1671)

The gentlemen of Port-Royal

Some English writers before Locke

Locke (1632-1704)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)

Basedow and the Philanthropinum

Pestalozzi (1746-1827)

Friedrich Froebel (1783-1852)

Jacotot, a Methodizer (1770-1840)

Herbert Spencer

Thoughts and suggestions

The schoolmaster's moral and religious influence

Conclusion

Appendix: Class matches. Words and things. Books for teachers, &c.

Credits:

Produced by Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 65.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Release date is 2019-12-02