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ERIC Number: EJ557694
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-4681
Catharine Macaulay's Letters on Education.
Titone, Connie
Teachers College Record, v99 n1 p179-208 Fall 1997
Catharine Macaulay's "Letters on Education" (1790) examined education's effect on the character, morals, and knowledge needed for citizens of both genders. Macaulay's work is described within a sociopolitical context, examining her views on human nature, educated individuals, and moral education and discussing implementation of her vision through curriculum, discipline, school policy, and teacher characteristics. (SM)
Descriptors: Children, Discipline, Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Holistic Approach, Moral Values, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Responsibility, School Policy, School Role, Secondary School Students, Sex Discrimination, Social Influences, Social Values, Teacher Characteristics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Macaulay (Catharine)