Robert Owen is indisputably a major thinker in education. Bob Davis and Frank O'Hagan's volume offers the most coherent account of Owen's educational thought. This work is divided into:
1. Intellectual Biography
2. Critical Exposition of Owen's Work
3. The Influence and Relevance of Owen's Work Today
Series Editor's Preface \ Foreword \ Acknowledgements \ Introduction \ Part I Intellectual Biography \ 1. Robert Owen: Industrialist and Reformer \ Part II Critical Exposition of Owen's Work \ 2. Key Principles of Owen's Educational Thought and Practice \ 3. Education, Work and Community \ 4. The Education of Citizens in the Just Society \ Part III The Influence and Relevance of Owen's Work Today \ 5. The Ambivalent Legacy of Robert Owen: Utopianism and Rationality \ 6. Education, World Heritage and Social Change: New Lanark as an Educational Experience \ Bibliography \ Index