"'It is a major strength of Mosley's book [...] that he so carefully and thoroughly sets Locke's educational writings in their context. Above all Mosley's book draws out the many connections between Locke's educational writings and his other texts. It is the detailed and scholarly drawings of connections that distinguishes this book...' Richard Smith, Professor of Education, University of Durham; Editor of Ethics in Education; and Associate Editor of the Journal of the Philosophy of Education."

John Locke is indisputably a major thinker in education. Alexander Moseley's volume offers the most coherent account of Locke's educational thought. This work is divided into: intellectual biography, critical exposition of Locke's work, and the reception and influence of Locke's work and the relevance of the work today.This is 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.
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John Locke is a major thinker in education. This title offers an account of Locke's educational thought. It is divided into: intellectual biography, critical exposition of Locke's work, and the reception and influence of Locke's work and the relevance of the work.
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Intellectual biography; Critical exposition of the thinker's work; The reception and influence of the work; The relevance of the work today; Bibliography; Index.
John Locke is indisputably a major thinker in education. Alexander Moseley's volume offers the most coherent account of Locke's educational thought.
Volume Six in Continuum's Library of Educational Thought carefully and thoroughly sets Locke's educational writings in their context with a sensitive reading of what Locke understood by 'education'.
This series provides accounts of the work of seminal thinkers from a variety of periods, disciplines and traditions, exploring the contribution and significance of the thinker’s central ideas and arguments and their relevance to educational thought today. With each book written by a leading philosopher in education, these volumes are definitive companions for students of education and the philosophy of education. 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.
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ISBN
9780826484055
Publisert
2007-11-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Vekt
510 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
248

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Series edited by

Biographical note

Alexander Moseley runs a private educational service and is one of the editors of The Internet Encyclopaedia of Philosophy. He has taught philosophy at the universities of Stirling, Edinburgh and Evansville.