Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education: From Piaget to the Present Day

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"Fifty Contemporary Thinkers on Education" picks up the intellectual history of educational thought where "Fifty Major Thinkers on Education" leaves off and looks at fifty of the twentieth century's most significant contributors to the debate on education. Among those included are: Hans J. Eysenck Jean Piaget Pierre Bourdieu Maria Montessori Bertrand Russell Ivan Illich Gandhi Elliot Eisner Susan Isaacs Henry Giroux Together with "Fifty Major Thinkers on Education," this book provides a unique history of educational thinking. Each essay gives key biographical information, an outline of the individual's principal achievements and activities, an assessment of his or her impact and influence and a list of their major writings and suggested further reading. Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education looks at fifty of the twentieth century's most significant contributors to the debate on education. Among those included are: * Pierre Bourdieu* Elliot Eisner* Hans J. Eysenck* Michel Focault* Henry Giroux* Jurgen Habermas* Susan Isaacs* A.S. Neill* Herbert Read* Simone Weill.Together with Fifty Major Thinkers on Educationthis book provides a unique history of educational thinking. Each essay gives key biographical information, an outline of the individual's principal achievements and activities, an assessment of his or her impact and influence and a list of their major writings and suggested further reading.