On Education : Articles on Educational Theory and Pedagogy, and Writings for Children from the Age of Gold

Contents: Preface. Introduction. I. On Education: 1. Popular education. 2. Itinerant teachers. 3. Rafael Maria de Mendive. 4. Bronson Alcott. 5. Peter Cooper. 6. The false myth of Latin inferiority. 7. Education for the masses. 8. A false concept of public education. 9. The school for deaf mutes. 10. A Spanish American University. 11. Learning on the farms. 12. Man and the land. 13. Obligatory education. 14. A French normal high school. 15. The new school. 16. Physical education. 17. Variety in teaching oral classes. 18. Equality of women. 19. Manual schools for girls. 20. The education of woman. 21. Classical and scientific education. 22. A scientific education. 23. A school of mechanics. 24. A school of electricity. 25. Manual work in the schools. 26. Living languages and dead languages. 27. The distribution of diplomas in one United States College. 28. Chautauqua : The university of the poor. 29. A university without metaphysics. 30. An education consistent with life. 31. Education and nationality. 32. Education and freedom. 33. The annual assembly of the American Association for the advancement of science. 34. Mondays at “The League”. 35. A beautiful night at “The League”. II. For Children Selections from the age of Gold (La Edad de Oro): 1. To the children who read The age of Gold. 2. Three heroes. 3. Homer’s Iliad. 4. An excursion in the land of the Annamese. 5. Naughty Nene. 6. The history of man, told by way of his houses. 7. A new game and some other old ones. 8. The Indian ruins. 9. Musicians, poets and painters. 10. The Paris exposition. 11. The rose-colored slippers. 12. Advice to a young girl on what she should read: A letter to Maria Mantilla. Index.

“This English-language edition presents the celebrated Cuban writer and revolutionary Jose Marti’s thoughts on educational theory, pedagogy and the relationship between education and popular democracy. For students of education at all levels, On Education has an uncanny relevance to contemporary concerns and helps us to better understand, through his own words, one of the most important figures in Latin American history.”