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    From Plato To Piaget: The Greatest Educational Theorists From Across the Centuries and Around the World
    From Plato To Piaget: The Greatest Educational Theorists From Across the Centuries and Around the World
    From Plato To Piaget: The Greatest Educational Theorists From Across the Centuries and Around the World
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    From Plato To Piaget: The Greatest Educational Theorists From Across the Centuries and Around the World

    By William Cooney, Charles Cross and Barry Trunk

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    The authors of this book consult fifteen thinkers, from various fields, who have a profound understanding of the important role that education plays in our world. Each chapter opens with an Introduction and concludes with a discussion and questions.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRowmanLittlefield
    Release dateNov 2, 1993
    ISBN9781461668534
    From Plato To Piaget: The Greatest Educational Theorists From Across the Centuries and Around the World

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