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Practical Education Maria Edgeworth

Practical Education By Maria Edgeworth

Practical Education by Maria Edgeworth


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Richard Lovell Edgeworth's influential two-volume work of 1788, written with his daughter Maria, derives its authority and innovative features from Edgeworth's own experiences of raising twenty children. Arguing for the formative character of early childhood experiences in general, Volume 1 deals with areas including play, obedience and learning.

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Practical Education by Maria Edgeworth

The scientist Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744-1817), educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and Oxford, was a Member of the Lunar Society of Birmingham, where he exchanged ideas with other scientists, including James Watt, and was known for his significant mechanical inventions. However, Edgeworth's real interest was education: in this 1788 two-volume work, written with his daughter, the poet Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849), he draws on his own experience of raising twenty children (by his four wives), from which the work derives its authority and innovative character. The work was very influential, and led to his Essays on Professional Education (1809; also reissued in this series). The two volumes discuss the theories of philosophers and educationalists, while in general arguing for the importance and formative character of early childhood experiences. Volume 1 deals with different areas of childhood education, including play, learning, and obedience and good behaviour.

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Toys; 2. Tasks; 3. On attention; 4. Servants; 5. Acquaintance; 6. On temper; 7. On obedience; 8. On truth; 9. On rewards and punishments; 10. On sympathy and sensibility; 11. On vanity, pride, and ambition; 12. Books.

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NLS9781108047470
9781108047470
1108047475
Practical Education by Maria Edgeworth
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2012-05-24
402
N/A
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