Practical Education 2 Volume Set
Practical Education 2 Volume Set
Richard Lovell Edgeworth
AUD$126.95
inc GSTThe 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.
Product details
May 2012Multiple copy pack
9781108047494
822 pages
297 × 213 × 44 mm
2.04kg
2 b/w illus.
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
- Appendix.
