Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education: From Piaget to the Present Day

Fifty Contemporary Thinkers on Educationpicks up the intellectual history of educational thought whereFifty Major Thinkers on Educationleaves off and looks at fifty of the twentieth century's most significant contributors to the debate on education. Among those included are: Hans J. Eysenck Jean Piaget Pierre Bourdieu Maria Montessori Bertrand Russell Ivan Illich Gandhi Elliot Eisner Susan Isaacs Henry Giroux Together withFifty Major Thinkers on Education,this book provides a unique history of educational thinking. Each essay gives key biographical information, an outline of the individual's principal achievements and activities, an assessment of his or her impact and influence and a list of their major writings and suggested further reading.