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Where the traditional school relied upon subjects or the cultural heritage for its
content, the “new” school has exalted the learner's impulse and interest and the
current problems of a changing society. Neither of these sets of values is
sufficient ...
Where the traditional school relied upon subjects or the cultural heritage for its
content, the “new” school has exalted the learner's impulse and interest and the
current problems of a changing society. Neither of these sets of values is
sufficient ...
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The utilization of subject-matter found in the present lifeexperience of the learner
towards science is perhaps the best illustration that can be found of the basic
principle of using existing experience as the means of carrying learners on to a ...
The utilization of subject-matter found in the present lifeexperience of the learner
towards science is perhaps the best illustration that can be found of the basic
principle of using existing experience as the means of carrying learners on to a ...
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Failure to utilize the situations so as to lead the learner on to grasp the relation in
the given cases of experience is, however, only too common. The logician gives
the names “analysis and synthesis” to the operations by which means are ...
Failure to utilize the situations so as to lead the learner on to grasp the relation in
the given cases of experience is, however, only too common. The logician gives
the names “analysis and synthesis” to the operations by which means are ...
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Contents
THE NEED OF A THEORY OF EX PERIENCE | 12 |
CRITERIA OF EXPERIENCE | 23 |
SOCIAL CONTROL | 53 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Experience and Education Issue 10 of The Kappa Delta Pi lecture series |
| Author | John Dewey |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1951 |
| Length | 116 pages |
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