Tolstoi: The Teacher
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, European, Russian, Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Foreign Languages
| Author: | Charles-Baudouin | ISBN: | 9781317645610 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | September 4, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Charles-Baudouin |
| ISBN: | 9781317645610 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | September 4, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
The author states here that Tolstoy was a great educator and his views on education were ingenious and profound. Despite being a great artist, Tolstoy also had pedagogic method and drew abundantly on the stores of science. The book looks at articles which Tolstoy wrote on education and childhood, comparing him frequently to Rousseau, and also outlines the influences of his travels which informed his knowledge of contemporary schooling. The conclusion considers the development of Tolstoy’s thought on teaching alongside the state of education at the time the book was first published, in 1923. This will be of interest for the educational historian as well as those interested in Tolstoy himself.
The author states here that Tolstoy was a great educator and his views on education were ingenious and profound. Despite being a great artist, Tolstoy also had pedagogic method and drew abundantly on the stores of science. The book looks at articles which Tolstoy wrote on education and childhood, comparing him frequently to Rousseau, and also outlines the influences of his travels which informed his knowledge of contemporary schooling. The conclusion considers the development of Tolstoy’s thought on teaching alongside the state of education at the time the book was first published, in 1923. This will be of interest for the educational historian as well as those interested in Tolstoy himself.
