T. H. Huxley on Education
A selection from his writings

In this text, Cyril Bibby gathered Huxley's most significant writings on education.

Cyril Bibby (Introduction by)

9780521131469, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 18 February 2010

244 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 1.4 cm, 0.27 kg

Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895) is known primarily as a scientist but he was also an influential educationalist, spending most of his working life teaching at the School of Mines (which later became Imperial College of Science and Technology). In this 1971 text, the most significant of his writings on education have been selected, edited and gathered together. The book is introduced by a substantial essay in which Cyril Bibby assesses Huxley's influence on the historical development of education and indicates the ways in which his educational thinking bears closely on many problems of twentieth-century society. The book contains sufficient bibliographical apparatus to guide the reader in further study, together with a useful chronology of Huxley's life and writings in their historical context.

Note on the selections
Note on references
Introductory essay: Huxley as Educator
1. The Natural History Sciences (1854)
2. A Lobster
or, the Study of Zoology (1861)
3. Emancipation - Black and White (1865)
4. Improving Natural Knowledge (1866)
5. A Liberal education
and Where to Find it (1868)
6. Scientific Education
7. The School Boards (1870)
8. Administrative Nihilism (1871)
9. The Hypothesis that Animals are Automata (1874)
10. Universities: Actual and Ideal (1874)
11. Address on University Education (1876)
12. The Study of Biology (1876)
13. Elementary Instruction in Physiology (1877)
14. Technical Education (1877)
15. Hume (1878)
16. Science and Culture (1880)
17. Science and Art in Education (1883)
18. The Promotion of Technical Education (1887)
19. The Struggle for Existence in Society (1888)
Chronology
Guide to further reading
Index.

Subject Areas: History [HB]