Great educators of three centuries : their work and its influence on modern education /
Graves, Frank Pierrepont,1869-1956.
New York : The Macmillan Company,
1912.
This work is largely an outgrowth of lectures by the author before extension classes, teacher's institutes, and other informal gatherings in the states of Missouri and Ohio. cf. Pref.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
John Milton and his 'academy'.--Francis Bacon and the inductive method.--Ratich and his educational claims.--Comenius and his Great didactic.--John Locke and education as discipline.--Francke and his institutions.--Rousseau and naturalism in education.--Basedow and the Philanthropinum.--Pestalozzi and education as development.--Herbart and education as a science.--Froebel and the kindergarten.--Lancaster and Bell, and the monitorial system.--Horace Mann and the American education revival.--Herbert Spencer and the relative value of studies.
Educators.
Education