...n Dewey A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Democracy and Education by John Dewey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Universi... ...t or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Democracy and Education by John Dewey, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Clas... ...tate University is an equal opportunity university. Contents Chapter One: Education as a Necessity of Life ............................................. .............................................................. 5 Chapter Two: Education as a Social Function ............................................... ........................................................... 14 Chapter Three: Education as Direction ....................................................... ............................................................ 28 Chapter Four: Education as Growth .......................................................... ...cipline................................................... 58 Chapter Six: Education as Conservative and Progressive..................................... .............................. 74 Chapter Seven: The Democratic Conception in Education......................................................... 85 Chapt... ................................................... 85 Chapter Eight: Aims in Education ....................................................................

...Contents Chapter One: Education as a Necessity of Life .............................................................................. 5 Chapter Two: Education as a Social Function ......................................................................

...as being connected with myself. But I have thought that in an age in which education and its improvement are the subject of more, if not of profounder... ...f English history, it may be useful that there should be some record of an education which was unusual and remark able, and which, whatever else it m... ...ve, ac cording to his own conception, the highest order of intellec tual education. A man who, in his own practice, so vigorously acted up to the pr... ...arly practical familiarity with the school logic. I know of nothing, in my education, to which I think myself more indebted for whatever capacity of t... ...cipal instruments of this drilling. I am persuaded that nothing, in modern education, tends so much, when properly used, to form exact thinkers, who a... ...tion occur. It is also a study peculiarly adapted to an early stage in the education of philosophical students, since it does not presuppose the slow ... ...ind of encyclopaedia of the thoughts of the ancients on the whole field of education and culture; and I have retained through life many valuable ideas... ...ognate objects which are succes sively parted off from it—all this, as an education for precise thinking, is inestimable, and all this, even at that ... ...ments of them, into a formal shape. A book which contributed largely to my education, in the best sense of the term, was my father’s History of India...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Childhood and early education it seems proper that I should prefix to the following biographical sketch some mention of the reasons which have made me think it desirable that I should leave behind me such a memorial of so uneventful a life as mi...

...ylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. Contents The Education of Otis Yeere ...................................................... ........... 109 4 Under the Deodars Under the Deodars by Rudyard Kipling The Education of Otis Yeere I In the pleasant orchard-closes ‘God bless all our... ...racious!’ said Mrs. Hauksbee. ‘He never told me what the turn would be! My education has been horribly neglected; and I have only this foolish mother-... ...ly of those of the literary or clerkly castes who have received an English education.” “Surely that s a very important class. Its mem- bers must be th... ... he is of the Kayeth caste; but he had not the advantage of a colle- giate education, and he does not know much of the Congress. It is a movement for ... ...merica, Scotland and England, most of whom would never dream of collegiate education for their own sons, are pinching themselves to be- stow it in pur... ...ranean attack on heathenism; the theory being that with the jam of secular education, leading to a University degree, the pill of moral or religious i... ... position to the plan came from a pleader who owed all he had to a college education bestowed on him gratis by Government and missions. You would have... ...ire of the last generation was speaking. ‘These people,’ he said, ‘want no education, for they learn their trades from their fathers, and to teach a w...

...Contents The Education of Otis Yeere ............................................................................................................ 4 At the Pit?s Mouth ..........................................................................

...together, are desirous of educating their sons in the best manner. Their own education, as often happens with the sons of great men, has been neglecte... ...ecide the question by a plurality of votes: in such a serious matter as the education of a friend’s children, he would consult the one skilled person... ... become under your care good and noble? For if this is your first attempt at education, there is a danger that you may be trying the experiment, not o... ...commend Lysimachus and Melesias not to take you and me as advisers about the education of their children; but, as I said at first, they should ask Soc... ...or a needy man.’ Let us then, regardless of what may be said of us, make the education of the youths our own education. LYSIMACHUS: I like your propo...

...st, and Melesias, the son of the elder Thucydides, two aged men who live together, are desirous of educating their sons in the best manner. Their own education, as often happens with the sons of great men, has been neglected; and they are resolved that their children shall have more care taken of them, than they received themselves at the hands of their fathers....

... Lay Morals by Robert Louis Stevenson LAY MORALS CHAPTER 1 T HE PROBLEM OF EDUCATION is twofold: first to know, and then to utter. Every one who lives... ...ls in our advice, we may be sure we conde- scend on error; and the best of education is to throw out some magnanimous hints. No man was ever so poor t... ...ected that these are what are called ‘hard sayings’; and that a man, or an education, may be very suffi- ciently Christian although it leave some of t... ...fixed design of righteousness, that the better part of moral and religious education is directed; not only that of words and doctors, but the sharp fe... ...arly seeing; and you have done your part and may leave him to complete the education for himself. Now, the view taught at the present time seems to me... ...nd Irish Churches have impoverished the country.’ ‘Such are the results of education,’ thought I as I passed beside them and came fairly among the tom... ...ying. Surely on them the spirit of death and decay had descended; I had no education to dread here: should I not have a chance of seeing nature? Alas!...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. The problem of education is twofold: first to know, and then to utter. Every one who lives any sem blance of an inner life thinks more nobly and profoundly than he speaks; and the best of teachers can impart only broken images of the truth ...

............................................................ 292 CHAPTER XIX: EDUCATION..................................................................... ...r to others. It is a work which some man will do who has earned a right by education, study, and success to rank himself among the political sages of ... ...rine is ab- solutely false as regards a nation. National wealth pro- duces education and progress, and through them produces plenty of food, good mora... ...riority. When that has gone—when the Ameri- can has polished himself up by education and general well- being to a feeling of external equality with ge... ...d. But when the adult son set up for him- self in business—having received education from the par- ent, and having had his apprentice fees duly paid—t... ...t. In any large town in England it is probable that a higher excellence of education would be found than in Milwaukee, and also a style of life into w... ...ways find in his cabin some newspaper, some book, some token of advance in education. When he questions you about the old country he astonishes you by... ...must acknowledge that that passion did exist. Dollars, children, progress, education, and political rivalry all gave way to the one strong national de... ...ether or no a lad has the mental and physical capacities necessary for the education and future life required of him, and care is taken that those sha...

...7 CHAPTER XVIII: THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN ............................................................................................... 292 CHAPTER XIX: EDUCATION ................................................................................................................... 303 CHAPTER XX: FROM BOSTON TO WASHINGTON ............................................................

...staple of their culture thenceforward through all the years devoted to their education. Also, throughout the for mative years temptations were kept o...

...est dealing to its babies in the cradle, and made the like teachings the staple of their culture thenceforward through all the years devoted to their education. Also, throughout the formative years temptations were kept out of the way of the young people, so that their honesty could have every chance to harden and solidify, and become a part of their very bone....

...nly child of Richmond and Anne Thackeray. He received the main part of his education at the Charterhouse, as we know to our profit. Thence he passed t...

...rpt: William Makepeace Thackeray was born at Calcutta, July 18, 1811, the only child of Richmond and Anne Thackeray. He received the main part of his education at the Charterhouse, as we know to our profit. Thence he passed to Cambridge, remaining there from February 1829 to sometime in 1830. To judge by quotations and allusions, his favourite of the classics was Horace, t...

...t remote extraction being American, while our more recent construction and education have taken place in Europe. When I speak of the “earliest account... ...nious substitute, as the following little dialogue will show, but my early education un- der the astronomer and the delicate minded Adrienne, has ren-... ... qualified for such a duty, either by native capacity, or, its substitute, education.” “Oh! that makes no great difference—half the corps is ex- actly... ... was the only one that had been worked by a real lady, and consequently my education was manifestly superior to those of my companions. They could sca... ...nd named Clara Caverly, who was as unlike her as pos- sible, in character, education, habits, and appearance; and yet who was firmly her friend. The a... ...xquisite lace, perfect ornamental work, and unequaled fineness. Still, her education and habits triumphed, and she would not commend what she regarded... .... Now, the lovely Eudosia had not a bad heart; she had only received a bad education. Her parents had given her a smattering of the usual accomplish- ... ...y of a Pocket-Handkerchief criminate themselves, for the want of this very education, they had been obliged to trust their daughter to the care of mer... ...had now thrown me. There were many things to admire in Eudosia—a defective education being the great evil with which she had to contend. Owing to this...

...hree hundred francs from property of her own, plus a son whose support and education had eaten up all her savings. She occupied, in the rue du Bercail... ...mbering the insistence with which the chevalier had spoken of the evils of education in such schools. What a catastrophe! Unknown to himself, the luck... ...wer,—then that man is lost. Athanase was a fruit of the Imperial system of education. Fatality, the Emperor’s religion, had filtered down from the thr... ...sts of human nature cannot too often enunciate the truths before which all educations, laws, and philosophical systems must give way. Let us repeat co... ...in a far higher moral. Does it not show the necessity for a new species of education? Does it not invoke, from the enlight- ened solicitude of the min... ...ou may see Madame du Val-Noble ev- ery evening at the Opera. Thanks to the education given her by the Chevalier de Valois, she has almost the air of a...

...y name and address. I can’t quite make out whether he’ll pay for the boy’s education or whether he is preparing some sort of witchcraft on his own acc... ...sent step, which recommend your Honour to execute for Almighty God’s sake. Education is greatest blessing if of best sorts. Otherwise no earthly use.”... ...the bull’s eye that time! “If your Honour condescending giving my boy best educations Xavier” (I suppose that’s St Xavier’s in Partibus) “in terms of ... ...pees for boy who is apple of eye, and for Almighty God’s sake execute this education, and your petitioner as in duty bound shall ever awfully pray. Wr... ... to die some day. An’ takin’ a heathen’s money to give a child a Christian education –’ ‘But he said explicitly what he wanted. As soon as he knew the... ... the Regi mental subscription. The Lodge will be saved the expense of his education, and that will put the Lodge in a good temper. It’s perfectly eas... ... Then he, an M A of Calcutta Univer sity, would explain the advantages of education. There were marks to be gained by due attention to Latin and Word... ...ue tied, twiddled the brass betel box in his hands. The record of a boy’s education interests few save his par ents, and, as you know, Kim was an or... ...eeping inde cency of a Government which had forced upon him a white man’s education and neglected to supply him with a white man’s salary. He babble...

... as my corrector. Do not despise the task, for, how- ever superior be your education, and however lofty your station, and however insignificant, in yo... ...t book, I implore you to do as I have said. And you too, O reader of lowly education and simple status, I beseech you not to look upon yourself as too... ...of life, some person who stands remote, 12 Dead Souls both by life and by education, from the circle of folk which I have pictured in my book, but wh... ...ng his remarks, that it is for the benefit of a man in no way his equal in education, or similar to him in tastes and ideas, or capable of apprehendin... ... was a good man of business; the Chief of Gendarmery, that he was a man of education; the Presi- dent of the Local Council, that he was a man of breed... ...was taciturn rather than loquacious, and he cherished a yearning for self- education. That is to say, he loved to read books, even though their conten... ...n life as all such bailiffs do—that, originally a young serf of elementary education, he had married some Agashka of a housekeeper or a mistress’s fav... ... meet the case. Yet you appear to be a man of sense, and possessed of some education. The matter is a very simple one. The question is: what is a dead... ...h peasants? Yet no; I believe that, even if you had received a fashionable education, and had mixed with society, and had lived in St. Peters- burg, y...

... Edgeworth’s novels stepping from their covers, Or Mrs. Trimmer’s books on education, Or ‘Coelebs’ Wife’ set out in quest of lovers, Morality’... ...stands. ‘T is pity learned virgins ever wed With persons of no sort of education, Or gentlemen, who, though well born and bred, Grow tired... ... to little Juan — I can’t but say that his mamma was right, If such an education was the true one. She scarcely trusted him from out her sig... ... But what that motive was, I sha’n’t say here; Perhaps to finish Juan’s education, Perhaps to open Don Alfonso’s eyes, In case he thought his... ... It mends their morals, never mind the pain: The best of mothers and of educations In Juan’s case were but employ’d in vain, Since, in a wa... ...y, Dunces were whipt, or set upon a stool: The great success of Juan’s education, Spurr’d her to teach another generation. Juan embark’d—the... ... And for the bass, the beast can only bellow; In fact, he had no singing education, An ignorant, noteless, timeless, tuneless fellow; But be... ...which of the two Could yet be known unto the fates alone; Meantime the education they went through Was princely, as the proofs have always s... ... had been bred To be disposed of in a way so new, Although their haram education led Doubtless to that of doctrines the most true, Passive...

...entleman, his superiority was his own work, rather than that of station or education, and so he had never missed intercourse with really ladylike or c... ...arisome aunt. Tritton was a youth of seventeen, who had newly finished his education at an inferior commercial school, and lived on his father’s farm,... ...Gilbert was to go to India, it was not worth while to give him a classical education. ‘Is he to go to India? Albinia had not told me so.’ ‘I thought s... ... of guilt, as she lingered on the door-step after seeing them set off. The education of ‘Edmund’s children’ had been a cherished vision, and it had re... ...- vent it from preying on her spirits.’ ‘True,’ said Mr. Kendal; ‘a narrow education and limited sphere are sad evils in such cases.’ ‘Do you think an... ...rised that the results were not worse. India was not likely to supply what education had omitted. Looking back on old journals and the like, I am as- ... ...l. There will she spend the best years of her life in giving a second-rate education to third-rate girls, not one of whose parents can appreciate her,... ...xclaimed Albinia; ‘but you would not put a hunter there. Yes, yes, I know, education, and these girls wanting right teaching; but she, poor child, has... ...cincts of Bayford had done something to enlarge her mind. It was as if her education had newly begun. The fixed aim, and the union with a practical ma...

...ore Alice could speak again. The Mock T urtle went on. ‘We had the best of educations—in fact, we went to school every day—’ ‘ I’ve been to a day ...

...nactive life, and the mere enjoyment of wealth and luxury. The care of his education, as it might be presumed, was committed to a great many attendant... ...le for him, in such circumstances, to have had such a liberal breeding and education in his youth, as to be first Plato’s, and after- wards Xenocrates... ...nd moderation, preferring constantly those that were men of worth and good education to the magistracies, and recommending the busy and turbulent talk... ...re, and whose generous natural disposi- tions were improved by the best of educations, and who came to the administration of affairs with the most lau... ... and not by a handle, as before. After this, he began to consult about the education of the youth, and the Discipline, as they call it; most of the pa... ...nelia. Cornelia, taking upon herself all the care of the household and the education of her children, approved herself so dis- creet a matron, so affe... ...ans of their time, yet they seemed to owe their virtues even more to their education than to their birth. And as, in the statues and pictures made of ... ...her ready, as they had for- merly been, to serve in war, or careful in the education of their children; insomuch that in a short time there were com- ... ...o in contentions and political animosities, a noble nature and a temperate education stay and compose the mind. Observing, however, that Octavius hims...

... Germany, That will only end when the results of fifty years of aggressive education in Germany have worn away. This will be so plain that the great b... ...public interest and the proletariat. It has also given our higher national education an overwhelming direction towards the training of advocates and a... ...d and sharp antithesis. Each is mentally crippled by the corruption of its educational sys- tem by an official religious orthodoxy, and hampered by a ... ...nd technical abilities and a great stimulation of scientific and technical education. By 1926 we shall be going about a world that will have recovered... ...e public service, but through the private practice of advocacy. The higher education, such as it is, in Great Britain, produces under the stimulus of ... ... not an advocate, who is not afraid of a code, who has had some scientific education, and whose imagination has been quickened by the realisation of l... .... VII. THE NE THE NE THE NE THE NE THE NEW EDUCA W EDUCA W EDUCA W EDUCA W EDUCATION TION TION TION TION SOME FEW MONTHS AGO Mr. Harold Spender, in th... ... News, was calling attention to a very significant fact indeed. The higher education in England, and more particularly the educational process of Oxfo... ...bridge I realised that that gives no idea of the real cessation of English education. Of the first seven undergraduates I saw upon the T rumpington ro...

... father’s country, yes.” His English was good, denoting more than a common education, though it had a slightly foreign or peculiar accent. The intonat... ...ief of the highest race in his tribe, and had been selected to receive the education of a pale-face at one of the colleges of that people. He had rece... ... the marvelous and the traditions of his tribe; then, again, the lights of education would seem to gleam upon the darkness of his superstition, and le...

... Department, which in these days had charge of the scientific and artistic education of the mass of the English population, and had thrown himself int... ...aff and spirit survive, more or less completely digested into the Board of Education. The world does move on, even in its government. It is won- derfu... ... of the State to remember that the very beginnings of public 17 H G Wells education lie within my father’s lifetime, and that many most intelligent a... ...bstinate con- servatism, humanitarian enthusiasm, out of which our present educational organisation arose. I have long since come to believe it necess... ...f “Grant earning” 18 The New Machiavelli was created, and this would give education as a necessary by- product. In the end this belief was found to n... ...Grant-earning assumed a form easily distinguished from any kind of genuine education whatever. Other remarkable compromises had also to be made with t... ...to show you the way. Nobody will. There isn’t a way till you make one. Get education, get a good education. Fight your way to the top. It’s your only ... ... SCHOL SCHOL SCHOL SCHOLASTIC ASTIC ASTIC ASTIC ASTIC 1 1 1 1 1 M Y FORMAL EDUCATION began in a small prepara- tory school in Bromstead. I went there ... ... one hand and human intercourse on the other. Now I really began my higher education, and aired and examined and developed in conversation the doubts,...

...hould reply. “Or against those of us who regulate the system of nurture and education of children in which you were trained? Were not the laws, who h... ...us he is disobeying his parents; secondly, because we are the authors of his education; thirdly, because he has made an agreement with us that he will...