Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1: Educational Ideals 1. Postulates of Modern Educational Theory 2. The Aims of Education Part 2: Education of Character 3. The First Year 4. Fear. 5. Play and Fancy 6. Constructiveness 7. Selfishness and Property 8. Truthfulness 9. Punishment 10. Importance of Other Children 11. Affection and Sympathy 11. Sex Education 13. The Nursery School Part 3: Intellectual Education 14. General Principles 15. The School Curriculum Before Fourteen 16. Last School Years 17. Day Schools and Boarding Schools 18. The University 19. Conclusion Index

About the Author

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970). A celebrated mathematician and logician, Russell was and remains one of the most genuinely widely read and popular philosophers of modern times.