On Education: Especially In Early Childhood

This well-known treatise provides conclusions to universal educationalperplexities by taking a fresh look at the aims of education, the kind ofindividuals, and the kind of community, that is hoped to be produced byeducation. Russell attaches great importance to modern psychological discoveriesto demonstrate that character is determined by early education. The bookdiscusses intellectual education, its aims, its curriculum, and itspossibilities, from the first lessons in reading and writing to the end of theuniversity years. The emphasis of the study is to clearly distinguish betweeneducation of character and education in knowledge.