Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education

Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education looks at fifty of the twentieth century's most significant contributors to the debate on education. Among those included are:

• Pierre Bourdieu
• Elliot Eisner
• Hans J. Eysenck
• Michel Focault
• Henry Giroux
• Jurgen Habermas
• Susan Isaacs
• A.S. Neill
• Herbert Read
• Simone Weil

Together with Fifty Major Thinkers on Education, this book provides a unique history of educational thinking. Each essay gives key biographical information, an outline of the individual's principal achievements and activities, an assessment of his or her impact and influence, and a list of their major writings and suggested further reading.