Educational Ideas in America: A Documentary HistoryS. Alexander Rippa |
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... knowledge immediately con- ducive to self - preservation is of primary importance . ... Of course the ideal of education is - com- plete preparation in all these divisions . But failing this ideal , as in our phase of civiliza- tion ...
... knowledge immediately con- ducive to self - preservation is of primary importance . ... Of course the ideal of education is - com- plete preparation in all these divisions . But failing this ideal , as in our phase of civiliza- tion ...
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... knowledge conducive to self - pres- ervation - while of knowledge that facili- tates gaining a livelihood it gives but the rudiments , and leaves the greater part to be picked up any how in after life - while for the discharge of ...
... knowledge conducive to self - pres- ervation - while of knowledge that facili- tates gaining a livelihood it gives but the rudiments , and leaves the greater part to be picked up any how in after life - while for the discharge of ...
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... knowledge is of most worth ? — the uniform reply is - Science . This is the verdict on all the counts . For direct self- preservation , or the maintenance of life and health , the all - important knowledge is- Science . For that ...
... knowledge is of most worth ? — the uniform reply is - Science . This is the verdict on all the counts . For direct self- preservation , or the maintenance of life and health , the all - important knowledge is- Science . For that ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
RENAISSANCE IDEALS | 18 |
COLONIAL VIEWS ON EDUCATION | 32 |
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activity American B. F. Skinner become behavior better called cation chil child common course culture curriculum dren duty educa effect ence equal eral experience fact feel FRANCIS WAYLAND PARKER give grade human ideal ideas important individual industrial institutions instruction interest JOHANN HEINRICH PESTALOZZI knowledge labor language learning less live Maria Montessori matter means megalopolis ment mental method mind moral nature Navajo Negro never object organization parents pedagogy political practical present principles problem psychology pupils Ralph Waldo Emerson relations sense social society soul taught teacher teaching things Thomas Jefferson thought tion true truth University vidual W. E. BURGHARDT women words young youth