The Educational Thinkers of East and West

The Great Educational Thinkers of West to East written in a very lucid and engaging style, this concise textbook analyses the work done by the various educational thinkers, their thoughts, philosophy and education, evaluates the current scenario in the study of education.

Prof. Ramesh Prasad Pathak

Head and Dean, Faculty of Education, LBS Vidya Peeth (Deemed University), New Delhi, has been teaching M.Ed., M.Phil. and Ph.D. classes. He is M.A. in Ancient History, Sanskrit, Sociology and holds a Ph.D degree in Education from B.H.U. Varansi (U.P.). He has been © guiding Ph.D., M.Phil, and master level research. He has served in various institutions, i.e—NCERT, SCERT and IGNOU. He has authored more than fifty books in different aspects of education besides writing research articles and research papers for various journals of repute.

Dr. Amita Pandey Bhardwaj

Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, LBS Vidya Peeth (Deemed University), New Delhi and Project Head, Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya Teacher Teaching Mission, Project, MHRD, Government of India, New Delhi. She has been teaching B.Ed., M.Ed., M.Phil and Ph.D classes. She is M.Sc. in Chemistry, M.A. in Sanskrit and holds Ph.D _ degree in Chemistry and Education. She has been qualified UGC-NET examination in Chemistry and Education, also gold medalist in both subjects and co-authored more than fifteen books in various aspects of education, published twenty-five research papers in various reputed educational journals.

Education is a human activity. It is considered as the most important investment. It is the foundation stone of intellectual power, philosopher, thinkers and educationist which shapes the power profile a nation in the comity of nations. Thus, it is rightly said that the progress of a country, particularly of a democratic country, depends upon the quality of its system of education. The system of education depends upon the thoughts of our philosophers, thinkers and educationist and for this reason, teaching is the noblest among all professions and services.

Education and development of personality are both conditioned by the philosophy and sociology of education. Education must enshrine all that is good and noble, socially and morally significant, and lead to the emancipation of the individual to promote the well- being of family, community, and society of which he/she is an integral part. As a philosopher, thinkers, educationist and social reformer, the teacher tries to mould and develop the child to help him grow into a respectable individual. This book seeks to interpret and explore the possibility of providing educational thoughts of the philosophers and educational thinkers.

The book has 13 chapters. These 13 chapters are associated with great educational thinkers—Swami Vivekanand, Mahatma Gandhi, Maharshi Sri Aurbindo Ghosh, Gijubhai Badheka, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Paulo Freire, Karl Mannheim, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Priedrich August Froebel, Pestalozzi, John Dewey, Bartrand Russel and Dr. Maria Montessori. The book will be helpful text for students pursuing B.Ed., M.Ed., M.Phil. and Ph.D. in various universities in India.

We wish to place on record the contribution of various authors and institutions that have been a real source of inspiration for this work. Many people have contributed directly and indirectly to the preparation of this book and convey our thanks to all. We are also obliged to the entire team of Kaniksha Publishers specially Madan Sachdeva Ji for publishing this book. We hope that this book will prove highly useful to the students and teachers and as well as teacher educators. Any valuable suggestions for the improvement of the book are always most welcome.

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