A Brief Course in the History of Education

CONTENTS Primitive Peoples: Education in Its Simplest Form Oriental Education. Education as Recapitulation: China as a Type The Greek People: The Liberal Education The Romans: Education as Training for Practical Life The Middle Ages: Education as Discipline The Renaissance and the Humanistic Education The Reformation, Counter Reformation and the Religious Conception of Education Realistic Education The Disciplinary Conception of Education: John Locke The Naturalistic Tendency in Education: Rousseau The Psychological Tendency in Education The Scientific Tendency in Education The Sociological Tendency Conclusion: The Present Eclectic Tendency