English primary education and the progressives, 1914-1939
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English primary education and the progressives, 1914-1939
(Routledge library editions, . History of education ; v. 33)
Routledge, 2007
- : hbk
- : pbk
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  Niigata
  Toyama
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  Gifu
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  Shiga
  Kyoto
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  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
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  Tokushima
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  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
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  Miyazaki
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Note
Reprint. Originally published: London : Routledge and K. Paul, 1972
Bibliography: p. 177-185
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Originally published 1972.This book concerns the progressive movement, its prominent thinkers and its achievements, at a period of vital change in English primary education. The role of progressive educationists, such as Lane, Neill and Montessori is considered. The author asserts that these pioneers gradually made themselves the intellectual orthodoxy in the years between the wars.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 The state, the school and war, 1914-1918
- Chapter 2 The founding of a faith, 1914-1925
- Chapter 3 The faith founded
- Chapter 4 Spreading the good news, 1926-1939
- Chapter 5 Progressives and the classroom teacher, 1926-1939
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