Bertrand Russell On Education

Joe Park

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9780415662123
• eBook ISBN: 9781135100469
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Epistemology in Philosophy

Although scholars from many disciplines have turned their attention to Russell's work and appraised its significance for a number of fields, and an extensive literature on him emerged, until this book, first published in 1963, no thorough study on Russell's contribution to education – an area to which he devoted no small part of his energies – had yet appeared. The book is based on interviews with Russell as well as diligent research in his writings and the sources of his thought and will enlighten all who think seriously about education. It addresses specifically the usefulness of Russell's thought for American educators, which was challenging as Russell dared to question traditional ends and means of education at the time.

Index

Adler, Mortimer J., 103, 110

Admission, 108

America, 15, 66

Anatomy, 107

Aristotle, 19

Arnold, Thomas, 37, 39–42

Art, 131–32

Astronomy, 26

Athletics, 79–80, 105–6

Barnard, H. C., 127

Beacon Hill, 112–13

Beacon Hill School, 17, 21, 43, 46, 100, 129; criticisms of, 119–22; failure of, 122–24; work at, 113–18

Behaviour, 93

Behaviourism, 46–49, 67

Benevolence, 94

Biochemistry, 67

Black, Dora Winifred; see Russell, Dora

Body, the, 46

Bonham-Carter, Victor, 135

Boy Scouts, 105

British Education, 106, 126–27; weaknesses in, 111–12

Broudy, Harry, 128

Bruce, William F., 59

Cadet Groups, 105

Cambridge University, 18, 107–8

Casuistry, 30

Catholic church, 62

Character, 44, 96–7

Chelsea, 37

Children, ability of, 132–33

China, 21, 37

Church, 15–17, 20, 29, 61–64, 70, 128, 134

Church of England, 62

Citizen, the, 70–78, 86

Clarendon Commission, 42

Clark, Edward, 37–38

Classics, the, 18, 105–7, 133

Community, 72, 78

Conformity 17, 128

Conscience, 33, 51

Controversial issues, 107

Co-operation, 72–73, 133–34

Courage, 89–92

Crowd, the, 16–17

Curiosity, 96–97

Curriculum, 75–76, 100–9, 130–32

Curry, William Burnlee, 127

Dancing 103, 130

Danger, 90–91

Darwin, Charles, 50

Data, 23

Death, 29, 87–89

Debates, 107

Democracy, 1...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle
• Title
• Copyright
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• I. Introduction
• II. Some Aspects of Bertrand Russell’s Philosophy
• III. Sources of Russell’s Theory of Education
• IV. The Church, the State, and the ‘Herd’
• V. Education and the Good Life
• VI. The Beacon Hill School
• VII. An Appraisal
• A Selected Bibliography
• Index