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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823681203321

Autore

Archer William

Titolo

Knowledge and character : the straight road in education / / William Archer. And The modern teacher : essays on educational aims and methods / edited by A. Watson Bain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-49509-6

1-283-57831-X

9786613890764

1-136-49510-X

0-203-14020-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions: education ; ; 130

Altri autori (Persone)

BainA. Watson (Archibald Watson)

Disciplina

370

Soggetti

Moral education - Great Britain

Teaching - Great Britain

Education - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Knowledge and character first published: London : George Allen & Unwin, 1916.

The modern teacher first published: London : Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1921.

Nota di contenuto

KNOWLEDGE AND CHARACTER The Straight Road in Education; Copyright; Knowledge and Character: The Straight Road in Education; Preface; Knowledge and Character; THE MODERN TEACHER; EDITORIAL NOTE; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; I. THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH LITERATURE; II. THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH COMPOSITION; III. THE TEACHING OF MODERN LANGUAGES; IV. THE TEACHING OF CLASSICS; V. THE TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS; VI. THE TEACHING OF SCIENCE; VII. THE TEACHING OF GEOGRAPHY; VIII. THE TEACHING OF HISTORY; IX. THE TEACHING OF CITIZENSHIP; X. THE TEACHING OF RELIGION AND MORALS

Sommario/riassunto

Written before, but published after The First World War, this volume's plea for a national system of education which will produce a nation of prosperous, morally fulfilled people able to live at peace with other



nations is doubly poignant given the sacrifice of the 'lost generation'. However, the author also sees the horror of the War as an opportunity to change human destiny through education, an opportunity to abandon the narrow system of education in favour of one which will 'bring education in touch with life' and provide Britain with the intellectual and moral efficiency necessary to s