John Henry Newman
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
John Henry Newman
By (Author) Professor James Arthur
By (author) Guy Nicholls
Series edited by Professor Richard Bailey
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
15th November 2007
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Reference works
370.92
Physical Properties
Hardback
256
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
510g
Description
A major international reference series providing comprehensive accounts of the work of seminal educational thinkers from a variety of periods, disciplines and traditions. It is the most ambitious and prestigious such project ever published - a definitive resource for at least a generation. The thinkers include: Aquinas, Aristotle, Bourdieu, Bruner, Dewey, Foucault, Freire, Holt, Kant, Locke, Montessori, Neill, Newman, Owen, Peters, Piaget, Plato, Rousseau, Steiner, Vygotsky, West and Wollstonecraft. John Henry Newman is indisputably a major thinker in education. James Arthur and Guy Nicholls' volume offers the most coherent account of Newman's educational thought. This work is divided into: Intellectual biography Critical exposition of Newman's work and The reception, influence and relevance of Newman's work today.
Reviews
mention in Catholic Herald, 1 February 2008
mention in Bournville News, 24 January 2008
mention in Catholic Times, 3 February 2008
Author Bio
James Arthur is Professor of Education and Civic Engagement at the University of Birmingham, UK. He is Editor of the British Journal of Educational Studies and Director of the Jubilee Centre for Character and Values, UK.
