Transcendental learning : the educational legacy of Alcott, Emerson, Fuller, Peabody and Thoreau

• Main Author: Miller, John P. (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2011.
• Subjects: Holistic education.; Transcendentalism.; Learning.; Education > Educational Psychology.; Educational psychology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806615827
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-61735-586-8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 137 pages)

Transcendental Learning discusses the work of five figures associated with transcendentalism concerning their views on education. Alcott, Emerson, Fuller, Peabody and Thoreau all taught at one time and held definite views about education. The book explores these conceptions with chapters on each of...