A student's history of education

"A Student's History of Education" by Frank Pierrepont Graves is a journey through time, exploring how teaching and learning have changed from the earliest human societies to more advanced ancient cultures. The book explains how primitive societies focused on teaching survival skills and customs, using simple and informal methods. It then considers the education styles of ancient Eastern cultures like India and Judaism, which started to bring structure and moral lessons into how people learned. The historical account highlights how these early approaches set the stage for the future, showing how education evolved. This sets up the rest of the narrative, promising to reveal how education has changed over the ages.