Synopsis
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.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
- ISBN: 9780826484079
- Number of pages: 234
- Dimensions: 233 x 162 x 24 mm
- Weight: 516g
- Languages: English
