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THE CONTENTS
The Preface
CHAPTER
I. EDUCATION FOR DEMOCRACY
Schools Not Yet Democratic
Based on Outgrown Theories
No Provision for Individual Differences
Needs of the Children Not Recognized
Training for Service
II. LEARNING AND DOING
The Mind and the Hand
Relation of Physical and Mental Training
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Education Based on Words Leads to Conserv-
fair
atism
Work as a Factor in Education
Educational Philosophy of Jesus
III. SELF-ACTIVITY IN EDUCATION
This Basic Law Not Observed
Stages in Educational Progress
-No Education without Self-Activity
IV. PLAY AS A FACTOR IN THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN
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Feeling, Knowing, and Willing
Receptive, Reflective, and Executive Faculties
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VI. THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND WHAT IT MEANS
IN EDUCATION
Our Thoughts and Deeds Make Us What We Are
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Bad Habits Overcome by Persistency
VII. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Aims in Education
Vocational Direction
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good.
Some Results of False Educational Ideals
Put First Things First
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Education and Economic Progress
Lack of Vocational Skill Cause of Poverty and
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The Sociological Basis of Avocational Activities
The Need for Avocational Education
IX. NATURAL APTITUDES AND THEIR CONSCIOUS DIREC-
TION
Classification of Native Endowments
The Vocational Guidance of Youth
XIII. MAKING THE PUPIL AN ACTIVE INQUIRER
The Lecture Method
The Pupil an Active Inquirer
Fundamental Elements .
Too Much Imitation
XIV. PROPER HABITS OF WORK
Habit of Investigation
Effort.
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