A panorama of fifteen educators, theorists and/or practitioners, whose ideas marked their era and continue to influence the educational sciences today.

Each chapter is self-contained and structured in the following way: Based on the biography of each educator, the presentation of ideas that emerged is linked to a political or social context, a key historical period, or was fueled by the positions of previous educators.

The volume presents: Rousseau (Geneva, 1712 - 1778), Pestalozzi (Switzerland, 1746 - 1827), Frobel (Germany, 1728 - 1852), Robin (France, 1837 - 1912), Ferrer (Spain, 1859 - 1909), Steiner (Austria, 1861 - 1925), Dewey (America, 1859 - 1952), Decroly (Belgium, 1872 - 1932), Montessori (Italy, 1870 - 1952), Makarenko (Russia, 1888 - 1932), Ferriere (Switzerland, 1879 - 1960), Cousinet (France, 1881 - 1973), Neil (Scotland, 1833 - 1973), Rogers (America, 1902 - 1987).

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]