Centuries of Tutoring: A History of Alternative Education in America and Western Europe

by Edward E. Gordon and Elaine H. Gordon

This book examines both the development of tutoring as a form of education and its influence on 'schooling.' It offers a review of what past educators wrote on their work, the lives of their students, and the wider socio-cultural ramifications during centuries of tutoring. The role of the tutor and the tutor-governess is reviewed as education at home and the corollary use of tutors in the school. The nineteenth century in Europe and America witnessed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819176427
• ISBN13: 9780819176424
• Release Date: March 1990
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 446 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"