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IN the present book Mr. Gould outlines a scheme of education of a comprehensive and, in the truest sense, a philosophic kind. There is more in it than meets the eye. I make that somewhat banal remark because I know the mentality of the modern educationist when he adopts the role of critic. He, with his poor reach-me downs Of freedom of the teacher, personality of the teacher, and the rest - formulas which mean, in prac tice that the better-paid educationists in our professional chairs, our boards of education, our local bureaux have no large constructive tasks to perform for their eight hundred or twelve hundred a year - will get scant comfort from the following pages. Liberty - Oi the teacher or of the child? It has no intrinsic value (ch. Iii, p. The personality of the teacher We do not need teachers with a magical personality' (ch. Ii, p. 24) and, in any case (mr. Gould would probably add), we cannot expect to staff any profession with strong personalities. Growth, self-expression, self-develop ment - in teacher or pupil? I do not allow that self-development is a proper end in itself (ch. Iii, p. One after another, generally by the employment of a single phrase or sentence, Mr. Gould knocks over these traps made for the unwary by the unlucid.
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IN the present book Mr. Gould outlines a scheme of education of a comprehensive and, in the truest sense, a philosophic kind. There is more in it than meets the eye. I make that somewhat banal remark because I know the mentality of the modern educationist when he adopts the role of critic. He, with his poor reach-me downs Of freedom of the teacher, personality of the teacher, and the rest - formulas which mean, in prac tice that the better-paid educationists in our professional chairs, our boards of education, our local bureaux have no large constructive tasks to perform for their eight hundred or twelve hundred a year - will get scant comfort from the following pages. Liberty - Oi the teacher or of the child? It has no intrinsic value (ch. Iii, p. The personality of the teacher We do not need teachers with a magical personality' (ch. Ii, p. 24) and, in any case (mr. Gould would probably add), we cannot expect to staff any profession with strong personalities. Growth, self-expression, self-develop ment - in teacher or pupil? I do not allow that self-development is a proper end in itself (ch. Iii, p. One after another, generally by the employment of a single phrase or sentence, Mr. Gould knocks over these traps made for the unwary by the unlucid.
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- Publication date2018
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- ISBN 13 9781330400821
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- Number of pages166
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