A Study of Modern Educational Theory and Its Applications (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Nancy Catty

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330741196 ISBN 13: 9781330741191

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2020

Synopsis

Excerpt from A Study of Modern Educational Theory and Its Applications "For a purpose is, in the first place, a principle of limitation. It determines the end for which, and therefore the limits within which, an activity is to be carried on. It divides what is worth doing from what is not, and settles the scale upon which what is worth doing ought to be done. It is, in the second place, a principle of unity, because it supplies a common end to which efforts can be directed, and submits interests, which would otherwise conflict, to the judgment of an over-ruling object. It is, in the third place, a principle of apportionment or distribution. It assigns to the different parties or groups engaged in a common undertaking the place which they are to occupy in carrying it out." (R. H. Tawney, The Sickness of an Acquisitive Society.) What Mr. Tawney states here in connection with the need of industry to be purposive is equally true of education, though in writing of education convention demands that we talk of the "aim" rather than the "purpose." It is the aim of this book to show why education must be purposive in that it is a means to an end, although the statement of this end varies with the angle from which it is regarded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1330741196
• ISBN 13: 9781330741191
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 158