The Pedagogy of Protest: The Educational Thought and Work of Patrick H. Pearse

by Brendan Walsh

This book provides the first complete account of Patrick Pearse's educational work at St. Enda's and St. Ita's schools (Dublin). Extensive use of first-hand accounts reveals Pearse as a humane, energetic teacher and a forward-looking and innovative educational thinker. Between 1903 and 1916 Pearse developed a new concept of schooling as an agency of radical pedagogical and social reform, later echoed by school founders such as Bertrand Russell. This...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3039109413
• ISBN13: 9783039109418
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"