Readings in the History of Education: A Collection of Sources and Readings to Illustrate the Development of Educational Practice, Theory, and Organization

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Preface vii
• Contents xi
• List of Plates xv
• List of Figures xvi
• General Bibliography xxiii
• Introduction the Sources of Our Civilization 3
• Part I the Ancient World ∵ the Foundation Elements of Our Western Civilization Greece -- Rome -- Christianity 13
• Chapter I the Old Greek Education 15
• Selected Readings 38
• Chapter II Later Greek Education 39
• Questions for Discussion 51
• Supplemental References 52
• Chapter III the Education and Work of Rome 53
• Selected Readings 80
• Supplementary References 81
• Chapter IV the Rise and Contribution of Christianity 82
• Chapter IV the Rise and Contribution of Christianity 105
• Part II the MediÆval World ∵ the Deluge of Barbarism the MediÆval Struggle to Preserve and ReËstablish Civilization 107
• Chapter V New Peoples in the Empire 109
• Chapter V New Peoples in the Empire 125
• Chapter VI Education During the Early Middle Ages 126
• Selected Readings 148
• Supplementary References 149
• Chapter VII Education During the Early Middle Ages 150
• Selected Readings 178
• Supplementary References 179
• Chapter VIII Influences Tending Toward a Revival of Learning 180
• Selected Readings 213
• Supplementary References 214
• Chapter IX the Rise of the Universities 215
• Selected Readings 237
• Supplementary References 238
• Part III the Transition from MediÆval to Modern Attitudes - The Recovery of the Ancient Learning the Reawakening of Scholarship and the Rise of Religious and Scientific Inquiry 239
• Chapter X the Revival of Learning 241
• Selected Readings 261
• Supplementary References 262
• Chapter XI Educational Results of the Revival of Learning 263
• Selected Readings 285
• Supplementary References 286
• Chapter XII the Revolt Against Authority 287
• Selected Readings 305
• Supplementary References 305
• Chapter XIII Educational Results of the Protestant Revolts 306
• Qestions for Discussion 327
• Supplementary References 329
• Chapter XIV Educational Results of the Protestant Revolts 330
• Selected Readings 355
• Supplementary References 355
• Chapter XV Educational Results of the Protestant Revolts 356
• Selected Readings 376
• Supplementary References 378
• Selected Readings 379
• Chapter XVI the Rise of Scientific Inquiry 395
• Supplementary References 396
• Chapter XVII the New Scientific Method and the Schools 397
• Questions for Discussion 425
• Supplementary References 426
• Chapter XVIII Theory and Practice by the Middle of the Eighteenth Century 428
• Selected Readings 465
• Part IV Modern Times - The Abolition of Privilege the Rise of Democracy a New Theory for Education Evolved the State Takes Over the School 469
• Chapter XIX the Eighteenth a Transition Century 471
• Questions for Discussion 504
• Questions on the Readings 505
• Chapter XX the Beginnings of National Education 506
• Selected Readings 528
• Supplementary References 529
• Chapter XXI a New Theory and Subject-Matter for the Elementary School 530
• Questions for Discussion 550
• Selected References 551
• Chapter XXII National Organization in Prussia 552
• Selected Readings 587
• Selected References 587
• Chapter XXIII National Organization in France and Italy 588
• Selected Readings 612
• Supplementary References 612
• Chapter XXIV the Struggle for National Organization in England 613
• Selected Readings 651
• Questions on the Readings 652
• Chapter XXV Awakening an Educational Consciousness In, the United States 653
• Selected Readings 675
• Supplementary References 675
• Chapter XXVI the American Battle for Free State Schools 676
• Questions for Discussion 709
• Supplementary References 710
• Chapter XXVII Education Becomes a National Tool 711
• Selected Readings 743
• Supplementary References 744
• Chapter XXVIII New Conceptions of the Educational Process 745
• Questions for Discussion 784
• Supplementary References 785
• Chapter XXIX New Tendencies and Expansions 787
• Selected Readings 831
• Supplementary References 831
• Conclusion; the Future 833
• Index 841

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