The Educational Thought and Influence of Matthew Arnold

by W.F. Connell

Overview

Drawing on the great wealth of knowledge and experience of education practitioners and theorists, these volumes explore the very important relationship between education and society. These book became standard texts for actual and intending teachers. Drawing upon comparative material from Israel France, and Germany, titles in The Sociology of Education set of the Internation Library of Sociology also discuss the key questions of girls' and special needs education, and the psychology of education.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415177610
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/29/1998
Series:	International Library of Sociology
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements. The Life of Matthew Arnold. Introduction By Sir Fred Clarkee, M.A., Formerly Chairman of The Central Advisory Council For Education. 1. Social and Educational Trends of the Mid-Nineteenth Century 2. Matthew Arnold's Thought in 1851 3. The Conflict of Opinion on National Education 4. The State and Education 5. National Education 6. Free, Secular, and Compulsory 7. Education and Culture 8. Science and Culture 9. Culture and the Revised Code 10. Middle Class Education 11. Matthew Arnold as Prophet Appendix. Bibliography. Index.