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Susan Isaacs : a Life Freeing the Minds of Children.

This biography provides a critical account of the life and work of Susan Isaacs (1885-1948). This educationist, a pioneer of child-centred education in Britain was also an early and historically important child psychoanalyst. She is described in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography as the gre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Graham, Philip
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Karnac Books, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This biography provides a critical account of the life and work of Susan Isaacs (1885-1948). This educationist, a pioneer of child-centred education in Britain was also an early and historically important child psychoanalyst. She is described in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography as the greatest influence on British education in the twentieth century. Yet she is virtually unknown in both educational and psychoanalytic circles. When Melanie Klein was threatened with expulsion from the British Psychoanalytic Society she was by far her most powerful advocate and thus played a major role.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (377 pages)
ISBN:9781849408332
1849408335