Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education (Classic Reprint) Book

A BRIEF COURSE IN PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION CHAPTER I EDUCATION AS A NECESSITY OF LIFE 1. Renewal of Life by Transmission. -^The most notable distinction between living and inanimate beings is that the former maintain themselves by renewal. * A stone when struck resists. If its resistance is greater than the force of the blow struck, it remains outwardly unchanged. Otherwise, it is shattered into smaller bits. Never does the stone attempt to react in such a way that it may maintain itself against the blow, much less so as to render the blow a contributing factor to its own continued action. While the living thing may easily be crushed by superior force, it none the less tries to turn the energies which act upon it into means of its own further existence. If it cannot do so, it does not just split into smaller pieces (at least in the higher forms of life), but loses its identity as a living thing. As long as it endures, it struggles to use surrounding energies in its own behalf. "It Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS; CHAPTER I; Education as a Necessity of Life- pacb; Renewal of Life by Transmission 1; Education and Communication 4; The Place of Formal Education 7; Summary 11; CHAPTER II Education as a Social Function :; The Nature and Meaning of Environment 12; The Social Environment 14; The Social Medium as Educative 19; The School as a Special Environment 22; Summary 26; CHAPTER III; Education as Direction:; The Environment as Directive 28; Modes of Social Direction 31; Imitation and Social Psychology 40; Some Applications to Education 43; Summary 47; CHAPTER IV; Education as Growth :; The Conditions of Growth 49; Habits as Expressions of Growth 54; The Educational Hearings of the Conception of Development 59; Summary 62; vii; viii; Table of Contents; chapter v; Preparation, Unfolding, and Formal Discipline: pacb; Education as Preparation 63; Education as Unfolding 65; Education as Training of Faculties 70;Read More