A student's history of education

Through an early tutorial experience Herbart developed his pedagogy, but afterward invented an ingenious psychology upon which to base it. He undertook to show how the mind of t...

It began with an awakening generally known as ‘the revival of common schools,’ which was most noticeable in New England. Here, owing to the attacks made upon him by reactionarie...

Luther’s educational positions are most fully revealed in his well-known _Letter_ and _Sermon_. He holds that education should prepare for citizenship, and should be state-suppo...

In Prussia, owing to a strong line of monarchs, state control has taken the place of ecclesiastical through a series of decrees and enactments. The people’s schools are quite se...

In the state of New York, appropriations were made for elementary education, but the public system was not really extended to the secondary field; while in New York City the way...

He desired to elevate the peasantry about him, and, failing in other expedients, undertook to accomplish this through a combination of industrial and intellectual training at Ne...

Italy first showed evidence of the new movement. The characteristics of the Renaissance were embodied in Petrarch and Boccaccio, but little was done with the Greek classics unti...

For a quarter of a century the educational systems of Europe have been giving attention to moral training, and of late there has been some discussion of the subject in the Unite...

At first the Athenian education was also mainly concerned in serving the state. For the earliest stage of the boy’s education, there were schools of two types,--one for intellec...

In England, during the eighteenth century, there were numerous attempts to provide education for the poor through charity schools. The most important factor in maintaining these...

During the past two centuries a great growth has taken place in the natural sciences. For a long time this development affected practical life very little, but during the ninete...

Rousseau attempts in the _Emile_ to outline a natural education from birth to manhood. The first book takes Emile from birth to five years of age, and deals with the training of...

Comenius (1) produced texts for teaching Latin objectively, (2) crystallized his educational principles in the _Great Didactic_, and (3) attempted an encyclopædic organization o...

The schools of the American colonies closely resembled those of the European countries from which the colonists came, and were influenced by the various religious conceptions of...

Evolution in education may be interpreted from the standpoint of the development of individualism. Individualism was first fully recognized in the teachings of Christ, but was r...

This movement had two phases: (1) humanistic realism, which emphasized the content of classical literature; and (2) social realism, which strove to adapt education to actual lif...

The contribution of the Romans to progress was largely due to their absorption of Greek culture, but their primitive training had an influence in itself. This was mostly civic a...

Universities began to spring up toward the close of the Middle Ages. Through local conditions, a course in medicine arose at Salerno; in civil and canon law at Bologna; and in t...

=The Value of the History of Education.=--The History of Education from the earliest times should contribute largely to one’s breadth of view and prove a study of the greatest l...

Christianity accomplished much in the reform of the degraded Roman society. The earliest education of the Christians came through their ‘otherworldly’ life, but actual schools,...

Locke is often classed with the advocates of realism or of naturalism, but the keynote to his thought is ‘discipline.’ This is to be obtained in intellectual training through ma...

In the later Middle Ages the commerce of Europe was greatly increased. Soon the towns received a large impulse from serfs that flocked into them, and before long an influential...

During the Middle Ages the German hordes absorbed ancient civilization under the authoritative guidance of the Church, and the chief means of leavening the barbarian lump was fo...

This movement was directed against repression of intellect in the first half of the century, and against repression of political rights in the second half. The former phase, thr...

Learning and schools had by the eighth century been sadly disrupted, and, to restore them, Charlemagne invited Alcuin of York to become his adviser in education. Alcuin induced...

Owing to the weakness of the regular sovereignty after Charlemagne’s day, the feudal system sprang up, and by the middle of the twelfth century it had developed a code of manner...

Scholasticism was a peculiar method of philosophic speculation in the later mediæval period. At first, scholastic philosophers held that faith must precede reason, but eventuall...

The masses of the Moslems were suspicious of the Greek learning, however, and those who had absorbed the Hellenized philosophy were driven from the Orient into Spain, where they...

Each chapter in this book will be prefaced by an _Outline_, or generalized statement of the ideas to be included in it. Logically such an epitome is needed at the beginning as w...

The Relation of the Reformation to the Renaissance. The Revolt and Educational Works of Luther. Luther’s Ideas on Education. The Embodiment of Luther’s Ideas in Schools by His A...

The Passing of the Middle Ages. The Renaissance and the Revival of Learning. Causes of the Awakening in Italy. The Revival of the Latin Classics. The Development of Greek Schola...

The Third Period in American Education. Early Leaders in the Common School Revival. Work of James G. Carter. Horace Mann as Secretary of the Massachusetts Board. The Educational...

Progressive Nature of Greek Education. Spartan Education: Its Aim and Early Stages. Training in Youth and Manhood: Results. Old Athenian Education: Its Aim and Early Training. T...

Froebel and Herbart as Disciples of Pestalozzi. The Early Career and Writings of Herbart. Work at Königsberg and Göttingen. Herbart’s Psychology. The Aim, Content, and Method. T...

Pestalozzi as the Successor of Rousseau. Pestalozzi’s Philanthropic and Industrial Ideals. His Industrial School at Neuhof and the _Leonard and Gertrude_. His School at Stanz an...

Reconstructive Tendencies of the Eighteenth Century. The Rise of Charity Schools in England. The Schools of the S. P. C. K. Other Charity Schools. The Charity Schools of the S....

National Systems of Education in Europe and Canada. The Beginning of State Control in Prussia. Educational Achievements of Frederick the Great. Educational Influence of Zedlitz....

Recent Educational Progress. The Growth of Industrial Training. Industrial Schools in Europe. Industrial Training in the United States. Commercial Education in Europe and Americ...

Evolution of Public Education in the United States. Rise of the Common School in Virginia. Similar Developments in the Other Southern States. Evolution of Public Education in Ne...

The Development of the Natural Sciences in Modern Times. The Growth of Inventions and Discoveries in the Nineteenth Century. Herbert Spencer and _What Knowledge is of Most Worth...

The Development of the Sciences and Realism. Bacon and His Inductive Method. Bacon’s Educational Suggestions and Influence. Ratich’s Methods. Comenius: His Training and Work. Hi...

The Influence of Rousseau’s Naturalism. Naturalistic Basis of the _Emile_. The Five Books of the _Emile_. Estimate of the _Emile_. The Sociological Movements in Modern Education...

The Middle Ages as a Period of Assimilation and Repression. The Evolution and Nature of Monasticism. Benedict’s ‘Rule’ and the Multiplication of Manuscripts. Amalgamation of Rom...

The Rise of Universities. The Foundation of Universities at Salerno, Bologna, and Paris. Bologna and Paris as the Models for Other Universities. Privileges Granted to the Univer...

American Education a Development from European. Conditions in Europe from Which American Education Sprang. Colonial School Organization: The Aristocratic Type in Virginia. The P...

Locke’s Work and Its Various Classifications. Locke’s Disciplinary Theory in Intellectual Education. Disciplinary Attitude in Moral and Physical Training. Origin, Significance,...

The Ideals of Early Christianity. Early Christian Life as an Education. Catechumenal Schools. Amalgamation of Christianity with Græco-Roman Philosophy. Catechetical and Episcopa...

The Value of the History of Education. Its Treatment in This Book. Primitive Education. Oriental Education. India: Its Religion and Castes. The Hindu Education. Effect of the Hi...

Condition of Education in the Eighth Century. Higher Education at the Palace School. Educational Improvement in the Monastic, Cathedral, and Parish Schools. Alcuin’s Educational...

The Rise and Nature of Realism. Humanistic Realism. Social Realism. The Relations of Humanistic to Social Realism. The Influence of the Innovators upon Education. The Ritterakad...

Roman Education Amalgamated with Greek. Early Education in Rome. The Absorption of Greek Culture. The Ludus. Grammar Schools. Rhetorical Schools. Universities. Subsidization of...