A Brief Course in the History of Education

CONTENTS
Primitive Peoples: Education in Its Simplest Form
Oriental Education. Education as Recapitulation: China as a Type
The Greek People: The Liberal Education
The Romans: Education as Training for Practical Life
The Middle Ages: Education as Discipline
The Renaissance and the Humanistic Education
The Reformation, Counter Reformation and the Religious Conception of Education
Realistic Education
The Disciplinary Conception of Education: John Locke
The Naturalistic Tendency in Education: Rousseau
The Psychological Tendency in Education
The Scientific Tendency in Education
The Sociological Tendency
Conclusion: The Present Eclectic Tendency