Practical Education
Complete Edition (Vol. 1&2)By Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth
Length23h 41m
About this audiobook
"Practical Education" is an educational treatise written by Maria Edgeworth and her father Richard Lovell Edgeworth. It is a comprehensive theory of education that combines the ideas of philosophers John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau as well as of educational writers such as Thomas Day, William Godwin, Joseph Priestley, and Catharine Macaulay. The Edgeworths' theory of education was based on the premise that a child's early experiences are formative and that the associations they form early in life are long-lasting. They also encourage hands-on learning and include suggestions of "experiments" that children can perform and learn fun. In Edgeworths' work, the attention of the child appears as a key site for pedagogical work and interventions. Following Locke's emphasis on the importance of concrete language over abstract, the Edgeworths' argued that words should clearly indicate "distinct ideas". This contributed to what Romanticist Alan Richardson calls "their controversial positions", including their resistance to reading fairy tales to children or discussing religion with them.
Contents:
Toys
Tasks
On Attention
Servants
Acquaintance
On Temper
On Obedience
On Truth
On Rewards and Punishments
On Sympathy and Sensibility
On Vanity, Pride, and Ambition
Books
On Grammar and Classical Literature
On Geography and Chronology
On Arithmetic
Geometry
On Mechanics
Chemistry
On Public and Private Education
On Female Accomplishments, &c.
Memory and Invention
Taste and Imagination
Wit and Judgment
Prudence and Economy
Summary
Notes, containing Conversations and Anecdotes of Children
Audiobook details
GenreEducation and Learning, Literary Classics
Length23 hrs 41 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 27, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE.
15CHAPTER XIV. ON GEOGRAPHY AND CHRONOLOGY.
2CHAPTER I. TOYS
16CHAPTER XV. ON ARITHMETIC.
3CHAPTER II. TASKS.
17CHAPTER XVI. GEOMETRY.
4CHAPTER III. ON ATTENTION.
18CHAPTER XVII. ON MECHANICS.
5CHAPTER IV. SERVANTS
19CHAPTER XVIII. CHEMISTRY.
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6CHAPTER V. ACQUANTAINCE.
20CHAPTER XIX. ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EDUCATION.
7CHAPTER VI. ON TEMPER.
21CHAPTER XX. ON FEMALE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, MASTERS, AND GOVERNESSES.
8CHAPTER VII. ON OBEDIENCE.
22CHAPTER XXI. MEMORY AND INVENTION.
9CHAPTER VIII. ON TRUTH.
23CHAPTER XXII. TASTE AND IMAGINATION.
10CHAPTER IX. ON REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS.
24CHAPTER XXIII. ON WIT AND JUDGMENT.
11CHAPTER X. ON SYMPATHY AND SENSIBILITY.
25CHAPTER XXIV. ON PRUDENCE AND ECONOMY.
12CHAPTER XI. ON VANITY, PRIDE, AND AMBITION.
26CHAPTER XXV. SUMMARY.
13CHAPTER XII. BOOKS.
27NOTES, CONTAINING CONVERSATIONS AND ANECDOTES OF CHILDREN.
14CHAPTER XIII. ON GRAMMAR, AND CLASSICAL LITERATURE.
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