John Henry Newman (Continuum Library of Educational Thought, Volume 8)

John Henry Newman (Continuum Library of Educational Thought, Volume 8)

Authors: James Arthur – Guy Nicholls
ISBN-10: 0826484077
ISBN-13: 9780826484079
Edition: 1
Release: January 15, 2007
Hardcover: 256 pages
Book Description
A major international reference series providing comprehensive accounts of the work of seminal educational thinkers from a variety of periods, disciplines and traditions. It is the most ambitious and prestigious such project ever published – a definitive resource for at least a generation. The thinkers include: Aquinas, Aristotle, Bourdieu, Bruner, Dewey, Foucault, Freire, Holt, Kant, Locke, Montessori, Neill, Newman, Owen, Peters, Piaget, Plato, Rousseau, Steiner, Vygotsky, West and Wollstonecraft.John Henry Newman is indisputably a major thinker in education. James Arthur and Guy Nicholls’ volume offers the most coherent account of Newman’s educational thought. This work is divided into: Intellectual biography Critical exposition of Newman’s work and The reception, influence and relevance of Newman’s work today.