Letters on the Elementary Principles of Education: Volume 1

By:

Elizabeth Hamilton

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - Education

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The novelist and essayist Elizabeth Hamilton (1756?–1816) received her education at a day school from the age of eight, and later recalled her childhood and schooldays fondly. However, intellectual girls in the period were regarded with some suspicion, and she remembered hiding from visitors those books that might be deemed inappropriate for a young woman. Later embarking on a literary career, she published in 1801 her Letters on Education, republished in this second edition of 1801–2. Owing much to the theories of John Locke as well as the period's standard conduct-book advice on the education of girls, Hamilton's work offers detailed theoretical explorations of how children learn. 'Be not afraid my good friend,' she writes, 'that I intend making speculative philosophers of your daughters.' Volume 1 includes comments on the 'pernicious effects of parental partiality', considering also 'contempt for the female character' and 'pride of station'.

Release date Australia

January 23rd, 2014

Author

Elizabeth Hamilton

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Pages

448

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - Education

Dimensions

140x216x25

ISBN-13

9781108069090

Product ID

21894426

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