Socrates and the schools of Athens
Quintilian and the schools of Rome
Two teachers (Donatus and Ausonius) of the later Roman empire and the schools of the period
Two Christian teachers (Origen and Jerome) and the early schools of Christendom
Alcuin and the schools of the Middle Ages
Abélard and the medieval university
Vittorino da Feltre and the schools of the Italian Renaissance
Melanchthon and the schools of the German Reformation
Two English schoolmasters (Ascham and Mulcaster) and the schools of the English Reformation
Ignatius of Loyola and the schools of the Jesuits
Comenius and his textbooks
De la Salle and Francke and their schools
Basedow and his Philanthropinum
Typical schools of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Pestalozzi and his schools
Froebel and the kindergarten
Seguin and Binet : work with handicapped children
Montessori and her schools
Development of modern school systems
The curriculum in retrospect