Practical Education
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- Date Published: May 2012
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- isbn: 9781108047494
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The scientist Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744–1817), educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and Oxford, was a Member of the Lunar Society of Birmingham, where he exchanged ideas with other scientists, including James Watt, and was known for his significant mechanical inventions. However, Edgeworth's real interest was education: in this 1788 two-volume work, written with his daughter, the poet Maria Edgeworth (1768–1849), he draws on his own experience of raising twenty children (by his four wives), from which the work derives its authority and innovative character. The work was very influential, and led to his Essays on Professional Education (1809; also reissued in this series). The two volumes discuss the theories of philosophers and educationalists, while in general arguing for the importance and formative character of early childhood experiences. Volume 1 deals with areas such as play, obedience and behaviour, and Volume 2, with creativity, and public and private education.
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- Date Published: May 2012
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108047494
- length: 822 pages
- dimensions: 297 x 213 x 44 mm
- weight: 2.04kg
- contains: 2 b/w illus.
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
Volume 1: Preface
1. Toys
2. Tasks
3. On attention
4. Servants
5. Acquaintance
6. On temper
7. On obedience
8. On truth
9. On rewards and punishments
10. On sympathy and sensibility
11. On vanity, pride, and ambition
12. Books. Volume 2:
13. On grammar, and classical literature
14. On geography and chronology
15. On arithmetick
16. Geometry
17. On mechanicks
18. Chemistry
19. On public and private education
20. On female accomplishments, masters, and governesses
21. Memory and invention
22. Taste and imagination
23. Wit and judgment
24. Prudence and economy
25. Summary
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