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It is not too much to say that an educational philosophy which professes to be
based on the idea of freedom may become as dogmatic as ever was the
traditional education which is reacted against. For any theory and set of practices
is ...
It is not too much to say that an educational philosophy which professes to be
based on the idea of freedom may become as dogmatic as ever was the
traditional education which is reacted against. For any theory and set of practices
is ...
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might equally well be substituted unless they indicate operations to be initiated
and executed. Just because traditional education was a matter of routine in which
the plans and programs were handed down from the past, it does not follow that ...
might equally well be substituted unless they indicate operations to be initiated
and executed. Just because traditional education was a matter of routine in which
the plans and programs were handed down from the past, it does not follow that ...
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Traditional education did not have to face this problem; it could systematically
dodge this responsibility. The school environment of desks, blackboards, a small
school yard, was supposed to suffice. There was no demand that the teacher ...
Traditional education did not have to face this problem; it could systematically
dodge this responsibility. The school environment of desks, blackboards, a small
school yard, was supposed to suffice. There was no demand that the teacher ...
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Contents
THE NEED OF A THEORY OF | 12 |
PERIENCE I | 16 |
CRITERIA OF EXPERIENCE | 23 |
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