Project Gutenberg 2009-05-07 Public domain in the USA. 77 Edgeworth, Maria 1767 1849 Edgeworth, Eliza Edgeworth, Richard Lovell 1744 1817 Edgeworth, R. L. (Richard Lovell) Practical Education, Volume I Produced by Nick Wall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Practical Education, Volume I" by Maria Edgeworth and Richard Lovell Edgeworth is a treatise on educational philosophy and practical teaching methods written in the early 19th century. The work advocates for an approach to education that prioritizes experiential learning and the emotional well-being of children, opposing more rigid traditional methods. The central focus is on how to educate young children effectively, highlighting the importance of toys and tasks in fostering natural curiosity and a love for learning. The opening of the work presents an important discussion on the appropriateness of children's toys and their educational value. It begins with a mother's inquiry into why her child is not playing with his toys, leading to a reflection on how children often dismantle toys not out of mischief, but from a desire to explore and understand. The authors critique common toys for lacking utility and fail to engage children’s imaginations, suggesting that toys should promote exploration and creativity. They assert that the nursery must be a space tailored for active inquiry, discussing how the first steps in education begin with allowing children to engage with their surroundings in meaningful ways. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Education LB Text Browsing: Teaching & Education 746738 746748 2024-09-12T10:19:10.184492 2023-09-12T13:19:53.497661 text/html text/html 753773 2021-01-05T01:40:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 429181 2021-01-05T01:40:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 506805 2024-09-12T10:19:19.990540 application/epub+zip 515749 2024-09-12T10:19:12.288536 application/epub+zip 347883 2024-09-12T10:19:11.086524 application/epub+zip 811356 2024-09-12T10:19:25.898455 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 760178 2024-09-12T10:19:18.978468 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 593625 2022-09-13T10:44:28.728075 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 684199 683993 2024-09-12T10:19:09.102561 2023-09-12T13:19:52.575649 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 684025 2021-01-05T01:40:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 250549 2021-01-05T01:40:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 684028 2021-01-05T01:40:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 250415 2021-01-05T01:40:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20456 2024-09-12T10:19:26.046435 application/rdf+xml 19737 2024-09-12T10:19:11.458519 image/jpeg 4706 2024-09-12T10:19:11.271541 image/jpeg 487434 2024-09-12T10:19:10.251550 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia