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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
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PABT II. A STUDY OF HERBART. CHAPTER I. The Moral Aim. 1. Morality
Suggested as the One Aim of Education. " The one and the whole work
of education is summed up in the concept?Morality." These are
practically the first words in the official scriptures of
Herbartianism Many earnest educationists would instantly reject the
really amazing claim here n put forward. Education, they would
contend, has many and varied tasks to perform; any attempt to
resolve these varied tasks into one? even a great one?must result
only in a distortion of educational views and a comparative neglect
of important elements in human life. How, for example, can
aesthetic culture or intellectual keenness be regarded as a part of
" Morality " ? Needlework, swimming, and a multitude of other tasks
commonly imposed on the teacher?are not they a part of Education ?
This criticism?put forward systematically by Dittes and others?is
really as old as Herbart himself. It was, in fact, anticipated by
him. The Aeathetische DarsteUung der Welt will now be followed for
some sections. " We might assume as many problems for Education as
there are permissible aims for men. But then, this would involve as
many educational inquiries as problems. . . . All parts of the work
would be thrown out of their right proportions. If it is to be
possible to think out thoroughly and accurately, and to carry out
systematically, the business of Education as a single whole, it
must be previously possible to comprehend the work of Education
also as but one." Herbartianism, in fact, is an attempt so to unify
all educational effort as to direct it solely in one direction ?
the direction of Morality or Character. The goal is to be reached,
however, not by depreciating the value of " secular " subjects and
exalting...
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
PublishingAcentsa -a centss Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age,
it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia
and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally
important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to
protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for e
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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