Handbook of Education

Contents: Preface. 1. Ancient thinking. 2. Education in cultural perspective. 3. Sense realism in education. 4. The children. 5. Primary education. 6. Secondary education. 7. School and socialisation process. 8. Teaching. 9. Education of teachers. 10. Development of comparative education. 11. National education. 12. Education for nationalism and internationalism. 13. Planning and education. 14. The administration of education. Appendices.

"Aim of this book is to provide to students and teachers of education an informative and educative reference manual. Effort has been made to compile literature in accordance with the course contents of various universities. In preparing this all inclusive work on different aspects of education writings of the established authorities on the subject have been included. Care has been taken to make the language and contents interesting and innovative with upto date information on the subject. While no claim can be made for an exhaustive coverage of the subject, attempt has been made to cover some of the important topics on education."