Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education From Piaget to the Present

Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education looks at fifty of the most significant contributors of modern times to the debate on education. Among those included are: * Pierre Bourdieu * Elliot Eisner * Hans J. Eysenck * Michel Focault * Henry Giroux * Jurgen Habermas * Susan Isaacs * A.S. Neill * Herbert Read * Simone Weill. Together with Fifty 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.Palmer, Joy A. is the author of 'Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education From Piaget to the Present', published 2001 under ISBN 9780415224093 and ISBN 0415224098.