Leo Tolstoy is indisputably a major thinker in education. This title presents an account of Leo Tolstoy's educational thought, including coverage of the reception and influence of his work and its relevance. It is divided into: Intellectual Biography; Critical Exposition of Tolstoy's Educational Thought; and, The Legacy of an Overlooked Educator.
How do we know what we should teach? And how should we go about teaching it? These deceptively simple questions about education perplexed Tolstoy. Before writing his famous novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, Tolstoy opened an experimental school on his estate to try and answer them. His experiences ...
