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  • Practical Ethics

    A Sketch of the Moral Structure of Society

    by Mary Sturt, Margaret Hobling ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Ethics
    Originally published in 1949, this book covers both psychological and sociological aspects of moral life in Western society in the first half of the 20th Century and the historical influences on its thinking and way of behaviour. It discusses education, art, social structure, law and religion and ethical failure. ... Read more

    $76.94 CAD

  • The Education of the People

    A History of Primary Education in England and Wales in the Nineteenth Century

    by Mary Sturt ...
    Originally published in 1967.This book illustrates how, during the nineteenth century, the idea grew up that the provision of universal education was one of the functions of the state. The volume is also a history of that period of education, discussing the main events and describing the actual conditions of the schools. ... Read more

    $107.17 CAD

  • The Psychology of Time

    by Mary Sturt ...
    This is Volume XXIX of thirty-eight in the General Psychology series. First published in 1925, in this study the author recognises that Time has the confines of so many subjects: anthropology, astronomy, metaphysics, theology, physics, mechanics, mathematics, logic, and psychology, and the poets. She has put together a sketch of the subject keeping these different aspects in mind, using ... Read more

    $48.08 CAD

  • The Education of Children Under Seven

    by Mary Sturt ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Education
    This book does not cover the whole field of Infants’ Teaching but is concerned mainly with general principles and matters which are open to the non-specialist. Some technical subjects such as Physical Education have been omitted but nonetheless the volume provides a thorough (if somewhat dated) introduction to early years education in the first half of the twentieth century. ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • Matter and Method in Education

    by Mary Sturt ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Education
    This volume discusses school practice and methods in the early twentieth century against their historical background. It covers the curriculum, time-tabling, lesson planning, exams and discipline. Each chapter ends with extensive notes and questions for discussion. ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

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  • The Making of the English Working Class

    by E. P. Thompson ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    A book that revolutionised our understanding of English social history. E. P. Thompson shows how the English working class emerged through the degradations of the industrial revolution to create a culture and political consciousness of enormous vitality. ... Read more

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  • High Minds

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  • Instead Of A Letter

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  • The Montessori Reader

    by Maria Montessori ...
    Series series Unabridged Start Publishing LLC
    The Montessori method revolutionized how children were educated. The Montessori method is characterized by an emphasis on self-directed activity on the part of the child, using specialized materials that are presented very precisely by the teacher. It stresses the importance of adapting the child's learning environment to his or her developmental level, and of the role of physical activity in ... Read more

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