A history of the Western educational experience /Gerald L. Gutek.

Gutek, Gerald Lee.

A history of the Western educational experience /Gerald L. Gutek. Western educational experience - second edition. - Prospect Heights, Illinois : Waveland Press, (c)1995. - x, 558 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm



An overview and perspective -- Greek education -- Greek educational theory -- Roman education -- Medieval education -- Scholasticism and the medieval university -- The Renaissance and humanist education -- Religious reformation and education -- The enlightenment and education -- Republicanism, revolution, and education -- The nineteenth century : an age of ideology -- Pestalozzi and natural education -- Froebel and Montessori : early childhood education -- Marxism : educational implications -- Evolution, social Darwinism, and education -- Freud and the unconscious -- English education -- French education -- German education -- Russian education -- Nineteenth-century American education -- Twentieth-century American education -- Epilogue.

This comprehensive volume examines the impact on education of such momentous world events as the ascendancy of neo-Conservatism, the collapse of the Soviet system, the end of the Cold War, the reunification of Germany, and the resurgence of ethnonationalism. It creates an historical perspective by identifying and analyzing the significant formative ideas and institutions that have shaped the Western educational heritage.



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Education--History.
Education--Philosophy.

Education History Education Philosophy

LA11 / .H578 1995