This volume is a critical study of one of today 's most
controversial topics in educational theory, setting the many
arguments in perspective and clarifying the issues that arise when
attention is focused on the learner. The author examines the
problems of individual education, the distinctive demands childhood
makes on the school and the claims of social education. The related
questions of freedom, authority and discipline are then discussed,
together with the ways in which curriculum development must take
account of the learner 's interests, needs and dispositions in
preparing him/her for life. The concept of educating the whole
person is critically examined, together with the claim that
education for life and the development of personal integrity
require an integrated curriculum. Since child-centred educational
theory is often dismissed as irrelevant to practice, the book
concludes with an assessment of the various limitations which
concern with practical activity imposes on educational
theorists.
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