Jean-Jacques Rousseau is one of the most important philosophers,writers and composers in the 18th-century Enlighten-ment.His philosophy of education presented in his treatise,Emile,has been influential,and largely for good.Through the analysis of Rousseau's philosophy of education and American education ideas in the elementary and secondary schools,this paper argues that Rousseau's Philosophy of education has a great impact on American elementary and secondary education because it stresses the physical and emotional development of the child,the importance of a progressive education adapted to the individuals and the teacher must understand the child.
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