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David Reed
CONTENTSChapter One: Education as a Necessity of LifeSummary. It is the very nature of life to strive to continue in being.Chapter Two: Education as a Social FunctionSummary. The development within the young of the attitudesChapter Three: Education as DirectionSummary. The natural or native impulses of the young do not agreeChapter Four: Education as GrowthSummary. Power to grow depends upon need for others and plasticity.Chapter Five: Preparation, Unfolding, and Formal DisciplineSummary. The conception that the result of the educative processChapter Six: Education as Conservative and ProgressiveSummary. Education may be conceived either retrospectivelyChapter Seven: The Democratic Conception in EducationSummary. Since education is a social process, and there are many kindsChapter Eight: Aims in EducationSummary. An aim denotes the result of any natural processChapter Nine: Natural Development and Social Efficiency as AimsSummary. General or comprehensive aims are points of view for surveyingChapter Ten: Interest and DisciplineSummary. Interest and discipline are correlative aspects of activityChapter Eleven: Experience and ThinkingSummary. In determining the place of thinkingChapter Twelve: Thinking in EducationSummary. Processes of instruction are unified in the degreeChapter Thirteen: The Nature of MethodSummary. Method is a statement of the way the subject matterChapter Fourteen: The Nature of Subject MatterSummary. The subject matter of education consists primarilyChapter Fifteen: Play and Work in the CurriculumSummary. In the previous chapter we found that the primary subjectChapter Sixteen: The Significance of Geography and HistorySummary. It is the nature of an experience to have implicationsChapter Seventeen: Science in the Course of StudySummary. Science represents the fruition of the cognitive factorsChapter Eighteen: Educational ValuesSummary. Fundamentally, the elements involved in a discussion of valueChapter Nineteen: Labor and LeisureSummary. Of the segregations of educational valuesChapter Twenty: Intellectual and Practical StudiesSummary. The Greeks were induced to philosophizeChapter Twenty-one: Physical and Social Studies: Naturalism and HumanismSummary. The philosophic dualism between man and nature is reflectedChapter Twenty-two: The Individual and the WorldSummary. True individualism is a product of the relaxation of the gripChapter Twenty-Three: Vocational Aspects of EducationSummary. A vocation signifies any form of continuous activityChapter Twenty-four: Philosophy of EducationSummary. After a review designed to bring out the philosophic issuesChapter Twenty-five: Theories of KnowledgeSummary. Such social divisions as interfere with free and fullChapter Twenty-six: Theories of MoralsSummary. The most important problem of moral education in the school
CONTENTS
Chapter One: Education as a Necessity of Life
Summary. It is the very nature of life to strive to continue in being.
Chapter Two: Education as a Social Function
Summary. The development within the young of the attitudes
Chapter Three: Education as Direction
Summary. The natural or native impulses of the young do not agree
Chapter Four: Education as Growth
Summary. Power to grow depends upon need for others and plasticity.
Chapter Five: Preparation, Unfolding, and Formal Discipline
Summary. The conception that the result of the educative process
Chapter Six: Education as Conservative and Progressive
Summary. Education may be conceived either retrospectively
Chapter Seven: The Democratic Conception in Education
Summary. Since education is a social process, and there are many kinds
Chapter Eight: Aims in Education
Summary. An aim denotes the result of any natural process
Chapter Nine: Natural Development and Social Efficiency as Aims
Summary. General or comprehensive aims are points of view for surveying
Chapter Ten: Interest and Discipline
Summary. Interest and discipline are correlative aspects of activity
Chapter Eleven: Experience and Thinking
Summary. In determining the place of thinking
Chapter Twelve: Thinking in Education
Summary. Processes of instruction are unified in the degree
Chapter Thirteen: The Nature of Method
Summary. Method is a statement of the way the subject matter
Chapter Fourteen: The Nature of Subject Matter
Summary. The subject matter of education consists primarily
Chapter Fifteen: Play and Work in the Curriculum
Summary. In the previous chapter we found that the primary subject
Chapter Sixteen: The Significance of Geography and History
Summary. It is the nature of an experience to have implications
Chapter Seventeen: Science in the Course of Study
Summary. Science represents the fruition of the cognitive factors
Chapter Eighteen: Educational Values
Summary. Fundamentally, the elements involved in a discussion of value
Chapter Nineteen: Labor and Leisure
Summary. Of the segregations of educational values
Chapter Twenty: Intellectual and Practical Studies
Summary. The Greeks were induced to philosophize
Chapter Twenty-one: Physical and Social Studies: Naturalism and Humanism
Summary. The philosophic dualism between man and nature is reflected
Chapter Twenty-two: The Individual and the World
Summary. True individualism is a product of the relaxation of the grip
Chapter Twenty-Three: Vocational Aspects of Education
Summary. A vocation signifies any form of continuous activity
Chapter Twenty-four: Philosophy of Education
Summary. After a review designed to bring out the philosophic issues
Chapter Twenty-five: Theories of Knowledge
Summary. Such social divisions as interfere with free and full
Chapter Twenty-six: Theories of Morals
Summary. The most important problem of moral education in the school
