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democracy and Education : an Introduction to the Philosophy of Education / by John Dewey.

  
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PREFACE
  
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I EDUCATION AS A NECESSITY OF LIFE:
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CHAPTER II EDUCATION AS A SOCIAL FUNCTION:
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CHAPTER III EDUCATION AS DIRECTION:
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CHAPTER IV EDUCATION AS GROWTH:
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CHAPTER V PREPARATION, UNFOLDING, AND FORMAL DISCIPLINE:
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1. Education as Preparation.
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2. Education as Unfolding.
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3.Education as Training of Faculties.
  
Summary.
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Footnotes
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CHAPTER VI EDUCATION AS CONSERVATIVE AND PROGRESSIVE:
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CHAPTER VII THE DEMOCRATIC CONCEPTION IN EDUCATION:
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CHAPTER VIII AIMS IN EDUCATION:
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CHAPTER IX NATURAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL EFFICIENCY AS AIMS:
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CHAPTER X INTEREST AND DISCIPLINE:
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CHAPTER XI EXPERIENCE AND THINKING:
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CHAPTER XII THINKING IN EDUCATION:
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CHAPTER XIII THE NATURE OF METHOD:
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CHAPTER XIV THE NATURE OF SUBJECT MATTER:
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CHAPTER XV PLAY AND WORK IN THE CURRICULUM:
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CHAPTER XVI THE SIGNIFICANCE OF GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY:
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CHAPTER XVII SCIENCE IN THE COURSE OF STUDY:
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CHAPTER XVIII EDUCATIONAL VALUES:
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CHAPTER XIX LABOR AND LEISURE:
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CHAPTER XX INTELLECTUAL AND PRACTICAL STUDIES:
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CHAPTER XXI NATURALISM AND HUMANISM:
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CHAPTER XXII THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE WORLD:
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CHAPTER XXIIIL VOCATIONAL ASPECTS OF EDUCATION:
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CHAPTER XXIV PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION:
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CHAPTER XXV THEORIES OF KNOWLEDGE:
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CHAPTER XXVI THEORIES OF MORALS:

  
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—Adults are naturally most conscious of directing the conduct of others when they are immediately aiming so to do. As a rule, they have such an aim consciously when they find themselves resisted; when others are doing things they do not wish them to do. But the more permanent and influential modes of control are those which operate from moment to moment continuously without such deliberate intention on our part.

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