Susan Isaacs a life freeing the minds of children
This biography provides a critical account of the life and work of Susan Isaacs (1885-1948). This educationist, a pioneer of child-centred education in Britain was also an early and historically important child psychoanalyst. She is described in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography as the gre...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Karnac
2009.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798153106719 |
| Sumario: | This biography provides a critical account of the life and work of Susan Isaacs (1885-1948). This educationist, a pioneer of child-centred education in Britain was also an early and historically important child psychoanalyst. She is described in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography as the greatest influence on British education in the twentieth century. Yet she is virtually unknown in both educational and psychoanalytic circles. When Melanie Klein was threatened with expulsion from the British Psychoanalytic Society she was by far her most powerful advocate and thus played a major role |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (513 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-344) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780429919596 9780429905360 9780429480591 9781282779976 9786612779978 9781849408332 |
