Nathan Isaacs

Nathan Isaacs (1895-1966) was a philosopher and psychologist who promoted Piaget’s ideas to the education community in England. He was especially interested in the idea that educators must adapt educational practice to the nature of the child, not the reverse. Isaacs felt that the child brings an eagerness to learn and a certain set of cognitive abilities to school, both of which are rapidly squelched by the usual teaching methods. Learning must occur through active involvement and integration of material into the child’s pre-existing picture of the world.