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Now “preparation” is a treacherous idea. In a certain sense every experience
should do something to prepare a person for later experiences of a deeper and
more expansive quality. That is the very meaning of growth, continuity,
reconstruction ...
Now “preparation” is a treacherous idea. In a certain sense every experience
should do something to prepare a person for later experiences of a deeper and
more expansive quality. That is the very meaning of growth, continuity,
reconstruction ...
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It is contrary to the laws of experience that learning of this kind, no matter how
thoroughly engrained at the time, should give genuine preparation. Nor does
failure in preparation end at this point. Perhaps the greatest of all pedagogical
fallacies ...
It is contrary to the laws of experience that learning of this kind, no matter how
thoroughly engrained at the time, should give genuine preparation. Nor does
failure in preparation end at this point. Perhaps the greatest of all pedagogical
fallacies ...
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When preparation is made the controlling end, then the potentialities of the
present are sacrificed to a supposititious future. When this happens, the actual
preparation for the future is missed or distorted. The ideal of using the pres– ent
simply ...
When preparation is made the controlling end, then the potentialities of the
present are sacrificed to a supposititious future. When this happens, the actual
preparation for the future is missed or distorted. The ideal of using the pres– ent
simply ...
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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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