Uses of Education: Readings in Enlightenment in England (Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literatiure and Culture)
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (602 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0838757251 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 238 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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A cornerstone of any educational history collection Midwest Book Review In a modern society, people need to be educated but why? "Uses of Education: Readings in Enlightenment in England" of an analysis of education during the enlightenment and the many thoughts and ideas that were tossed around during the period. Despite being centuries old, the thinkers of this time were renown for their forward thinking on educatio
What is education for? The question framed in the second half of the eighteenth century in England is still urgent. "Uses of Education" shows the fundamental question to be about the potential and limits of Enlightenment thought as it seeks to be embodied in institutions.. Posed in textbooks, histories, conduct books, economic treatises, novels, and other kinds of writing, it was asked about punishment, the classical curriculum, the low status of teachers, education of the poor, public school or private tutor, and the education of girls
. Stephen Bygrave is reader in English at the University of Southampton
Bygrave presents the Enlightenment as a rich and multifaceted movement in which debate and self-criticism pushed ideas in new directions, even as its contributors continued to use the intellectual tools of the past. (1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era)