John Locke

A major international reference series providing comprehensive accounts of the work of seminal educational thinkers from a variety of periods, disciplines and traditions. It is the most ambitious and prestigious such project ever published - a definitive resource for at least a generation. The thinkers include: Aquinas, Aristotle, Bourdieu, Bruner, Dewey, Foucault, Freire, Holt, Kant, Locke, Montessori, Neill, Newman, Owen, Peters, Piaget, Plato, Rousseau, Steiner, Vygotsky, West and Wollstonecraft.John Locke is indisputably a major thinker in education. Alexander Moseley's volume offers the most coherent account of Locke's educational thought. This work is divided into:Intellectual biographyCritical exposition of Locke's workThe reception and influence of Locke's work and The relevance of the work today.

Intellectual Biography	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
Educational Experience	p. 7
Somerset	p. 9
Puritanism	p. 11
Dr Samuel Crook	p. 13
Parents	p. 15
Westminster - Busby	p. 17
Oxford - Owen	p. 21
The Scientific and Philosophical Revolution	p. 25
Robert Boyle	p. 29
Rene Descartes	p. 32
Humanism	p. 34
The Renaissance Child	p. 35
Montaigne	p. 37
Comenius	p. 39
Port Royal Schools	p. 40
Ashley Cooper and Locke's Intellectual Break	p. 42
Locke's Later Years	p. 47
Critical Assessment of Locke's Educational Theories	p. 51
Introduction	p. 53
Philosophical Overview	p. 55
Innatism	p. 60
Ideas	p. 65
Words	p. 71
Knowledge	p. 74
Criticism of the Essay	p. 78
Aristotelian Roots	p. 83
Education's Purpose	p. 90
Faith and Religion	p. 96
Breeding	p. 102
Nature/Nurture Debate	p. 108
Freedom and Will	p. 111
Early Education	p. 114
Middle Education	p. 125
Scholarly Education	p. 131
But Not for the Poor	p. 138
Political Man and his Education	p. 140
Continued Study	p. 148
Summary	p. 153
The Reception and Influence of Locke's Work	p. 155
Immediate Response and Impact	p. 157
Philosophical Legacy	p. 161
The Two Bishops' Responses: Berkeley	p. 164
Locke's Legacy in the Philosophy of Education	p. 167
The Relevance of John Locke Today	p. 183
Introduction	p. 185
On Being Relevant	p. 187
The Political-Educational Model	p. 190
Education's Usefulness	p. 194
Lockean Realism	p. 196
Critique of Schools and Families	p. 198
State Education	p. 202
The 'State as Parent' Critique	p. 204
Free Market Education	p. 209
School Curricula	p. 211
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