AbstractsEducation Research & Administration

A Study of the Philosophy of Rousseau Concerning the Practical Arts and His Influence on the Philosophy of Industrial Arts in the Secondary Schools of the United States

by William J. Anderson




Institution: North Texas State College
Department:
Year: 1950
Keywords: philosophy; education; practical arts; industrial arts; Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778  – Influence.; Industrial arts  – Study and teaching (Secondary)  – United States.
Record ID: 1501705
Full text PDF: http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc96873/


Abstract

This thesis is a comparative study of Rousseau's philosophy on education, with emphasis placed on the practical arts, to show how his philosophy of practical arts has influenced the philosophy of present day industrial arts in the secondary schools of the United States.