Democracy and Education
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1. Education as a Necessity of Life
2. Education as a Social Function
3. Education as Direction
4. Education as Growth
5. Preparation, Unfolding, and Formal Discipline
6. Education as Conservative and Progressive
7. The Democratic Conception in Education
8. Aims in Education
9. Natural Development and Social Efficiency as Aims
10. Interest and Discipline
11. Experience and Thinking
12. Thinking in Education
13. The Nature of Method
14. The Nature of Subject Matter
15. Play and Work in the Curriculum
16. The Significance of Geography and History
17. Science in the Course of Study
18. Educational Values
19. Labor and Leisure
20. Intellectual and Practical Studies
21. Physical and Social Studies
22. The Individual and the World
23. Vocational Aspects of Education
24. Philosophy of Education
25. Theories of Knowledge
26. Theories of Morals
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Education as a Necessity of Life
Education as a Social Function
Education as Direction
Education as Growth
Preparation, Unfolding, and Formal Discipline
Education as Conservative and Progressive
The Democratic Conception in Education
Aims in Education
Natural Development and Social Efficiency as Aims
Interest and Discipline
Experience and Thinking
Thinking in Education
The Nature of Method
The Nature of Subject Matter
Play and Work in the Curriculum
The Significance of Geography and History
Science in the Course of Study
Educational Values
Labor and Leisure
Intellectual and Practical Studies
Physical and Social Studies
The Individual and the World
Vocational Aspects of Education
Philosophy of Education
Theories of Knowledge
Theories of Morals
Index of Topics
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3. Education as Direction
… for an exaggeration, in current
Psychology
and philosophy, of the intellectual possibilities…
… been unduly dominated by a false
Psychology
. It is frequently stated that a person…
… already noted the defects of a
Psychology
of learning which places the individual…
3. Imitation and Social
Psychology
20. Intellectual and Practical Studies
… growth. (c) A thoroughly false
Psychology
of mental development underlay sensationalistic…
… experience justified by modern
Psychology
nor the idea of knowledge suggested by…
Meantime, the advance of
Psychology
, of industrial methods, and of the experimental…
19. Labor and Leisure
… situation as an affair of theoretical
Psychology
and as most adequately stated by…
9. Natural Development and Social Efficiency as Aims
… modern biology, physiology, and
Psychology
. It means, in effect, that great as is…
15. Play and Work in the Curriculum
… of increased interest in child-
Psychology
, and partly of the direct experience of…
5. Preparation, Unfolding, and Formal Discipline
… - in idea, not in fact - the
Psychology
that regarded "mind" as a ready-made possession…
… of educational theory and of
Psychology
. Practically, it seemed to provide the educator…
25. Theories of Knowledge
… advance of physiology and the
Psychology
associated with it have shown the connection…
13. The Nature of Method
… greater efficiency. Child-study,
Psychology
, and a knowledge of social environment…
23. Vocational Aspects of Education
… advances which have been made in the
Psychology
of learning in general and of childhood…