PUBLISHER'S NOTE In the present revised and enlarged edition of The Meaning of Education, two chapters that were included in the former edition (1898) are omitted: "Democracy and Education and "The Reform of Secondary Education in the United States." The following chapters, which did not appear in the former edition, are included in the revised and enlarged edition: "Five Evidences of an Education"; "Training for Vocation and for Avocation"; "Standards"; "Waste in Education"; "The Conduct of the Kindergarten"; "Religious Instruction and Its Relation to Education"; "The Scope and Function of Secondary Education"; "The Secondary School Programme"; "The American College and the American University"; "The Place of Comenius in the History of Education"; "Status of Education at the Close of the Nineteenth Century"; "Some Fundamental Principles of American Education"; "Education in the United States"; "Discipline and the Social Aim in Education." 288321 ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS Fundamental assumptions-Distinction between edu- cation and instruction-The doctrine of infancy-Will as the fundamental form of the life of mind-Study of edu- Relation of evolution to education-Significance of the lengthening period of infancy-Relation of infancy to education-Infancy as a factor in the development of the family and of society-The lengthening period of infancy- Education as adjustment to environment-The spiritual inheritance of the child-What is education?-The scien- tific inheritance-The literary inheritance-The aesthetic III WHAT KNOWLEDGE IS OF MOST WORTH? The complex modern world-Hegel and Herbert Spen- cer-The primacy of reflective thought-Philosophy and education-Standards of value in knowledge-Knowl- edge of the things of the spirit-Humanism-Humanism and science-Science as one of the humanities-Two as- pects of education-The higher utilities-Professor Tyn- Evolution and education-Study of education as a science-The physiological aspect-The psychological PAGE trines of Herbart: apperception and interest-The sociological aspect-Barrier between secondary school and college-The broadening of the course of study- Attitude of teachers toward the scientific study of edu- cation. V FIVE EVIDENCES OF AN EDUCATION. Who is the educated man?-The quantitative ideal- The fivefold spiritual inheritance-Correctness and pre- cision in the use of the mother tongue-Refined and gentle Labor and leisure-Hand and eye training-Vocational training follows elementary instruction-Special voca- Importance of the individual-The setting of stand- ards-Standards of personal conduct-Bad habits of Rigid system a cause of waste-How to plan a child's education-The system for the child, not the child for IX THE CONDUCTt of the KindERGARTEN Froebel and Hegel-Is the kindergarten too formal?- PAGE |