What to read after Practical Education?

"Practical Education" is an educational treatise written by Maria Edgeworth and her father Richard Lovell Edgeworth. It is a comprehensive theory of education that combines the ideas of philosophers John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau as well as of educational writers such as Thomas Day, William Godwin, Joseph Priestley, and Catharine Macaulay. The Edgeworths' theory of education was based on the premise that a child's early experiences are formative and that the associations they form early in life are long-lasting. They also encourage hands-on learning and include suggestions of "experiments" that children can perform and learn fun. In Edgeworths' work, the attention of the child appears as a key site for pedagogical work and interventions. Following Locke's emphasis on the importance of concrete language over abstract, the Edgeworths' argued that words should clearly indicate "distinct ideas". This contributed to what Romanticist Alan Richardson calls "their controversial positions", including their resistance to reading fairy tales to children or discussing religion with them._x000D_ Contents:_x000D_ Toys_x000D_ Tasks_x000D_ On Attention_x000D_ Servants_x000D_ Acquaintance_x000D_ On Temper_x000D_ On Obedience_x000D_ On Truth_x000D_ On Rewards and Punishments_x000D_ On Sympathy and Sensibility_x000D_ On Vanity, Pride, and Ambition_x000D_ Books_x000D_ On Grammar and Classical Literature_x000D_ On Geography and Chronology_x000D_ On Arithmetic_x000D_ Geometry_x000D_ On Mechanics_x000D_ Chemistry_x000D_ On Public and Private Education_x000D_ On Female Accomplishments, &c._x000D_ Memory and Invention_x000D_ Taste and Imagination_x000D_ Wit and Judgment_x000D_ Prudence and Economy_x000D_ Summary_x000D_ Notes, containing Conversations and Anecdotes of Children_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_