THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS 



Contributions 



Education 



By JOHN DE WEY, Professor and Head of Department of Philosophy in the University of 

 Chicago, and ELLA FLAGG YOUNG, Professor of Education in the University of Chicago 



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^^^HE series as a whole aims to effect the union of educational theory and practice in distinction 



^^ from vague enthusiasm, loose exhortation, and abstract theorizing. It endeavors to bring the 



discussion of actual school practice to the test of the fundamental principles involved. These 



principles are derived from modern psychology and social philosophy, and are stated in a simple and 



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non-technical manner. The series will bring its readers into touch with what is vital in contemporary 

 educational philosophy 



No. I. ISOLATION 



THE SCHOOL 



Ella Flagg Young 



This contribution discusses the vexed question of school organization in the light of recent psychological and 

 ethical thought, treating the school as an institution among other institutions. It shows the necessity of coop- 

 eration and inter-action among the various parts that make it up. more specifically the teaching and supervismg 

 factors. It is anticipated that the book will give a point of departure for future discussions. 



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No. 



PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL PRACTICE 



By John Dewey 



This contribution shows why psychology is necessary to the teacher in doing his work in social and moral direc- 

 tions. In distinction from those who oppose the psychological and the social ideals of education to each other, 

 it is shown how necessary they are to each other. 

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No. 



THE EDUCATIONAL SITUATION 



By John Dewev 



This contribution reviews the entire educational situation, taking up first, the Elementary School; second, the 

 High School ; and third, the College, showing how conditions due to their origin and past history conflict with 

 present demands and responsibilities and the nature of the readjustment thus made necessary. 



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No. 



ETHICS IN THE SCHOOL 



By Ella Flagg Young 



This contribution sets forth some of the working conditions especially as to the relation of teacher and pupii> 



necessary to enable the school to perform its proper function — the formation of character. 



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No. 



PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS 



SCHOOL CURRICULUM 



THE 



By John Dewey 



This contribution shows that the value of psychology is not limited to the matter of methods of teaching, bu 

 affects the subject as a whole. 



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No. 



TYPES 



MODERN EDUCATIONAL 



THEORY 



By Ella Flagg Young 



This contribution does for the various modes of educational reform already in vogue what Is done in the '^'j^ , 

 number of the series for the educational situation as a whole. The various types of schoo! standpoint an 

 method are set forth and compared with reference to the fundamental psychological and ethical principles. 

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