![]() ![]() Then followed descriptions of the schools in which some such reorganizations had been effected. First there was the general article (Chapter 3) suggesting the reorganization. The articles, when completed, formed a natural sequence. Instead of writing a book to be read by a thousand persons, I could place a number of constructive articles before two million readers. When your investigation is completed, we shall expect you to write the material up in such a form that each reader, after finishing an article, will exclaim,- ‘There is something that we must introduce into our schools.’" We want you to visit the schools, study them at first-hand, and bring back a report of the best that they have to offer. We are in search of two things:-first, a constructive article outlining in general a possible scheme for reorganizing the course of study second, a series of articles describing in a readable way the most successful public school work now being done in the United States. "Now we are going to do some constructive writing. We have done some sharp destructive work in our criticisms of the schools, they said. I was still seeking for an answer to this riddle when the editors of The Ladies’ Home Journal asked me to consider the preparation of a series of articles. By what method could this wheel horse of reform best be harnessed to the car of educational progress? Glaring faults there were remedies appeared ready at hand and easy of application the will of an aroused public opinion alone seemed to be lacking. The time seemed ripe for an effective piece of constructive educational writing, yet I could not see my way clear to begin it. An interest aroused by undergraduate and graduate work in the department of pedagogy had been whetted by the revolutionary activity in every field of educational endeavor. SOCIAL SANITY, REDUCING THE COST OF LIVING, etc.ĭuring 1910, 1911, and 1912, as a part of a general plan to write a book on education, I reread a great deal of the classical educational literature, and carefully perused most of the current material in magazine and book form. THE SUPER RACE, WAGES IN THE UNITED STATES, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Produced by Chris Curnow, Matt Mello and the Onlineĭistributed Proofreading Team at TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE:Įvery effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible please see list of printing issues at the end, after the Index. *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NEW EDUCATION *** With this eBook or online at Title: The New EducationĪ Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) Re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withĪlmost no restrictions whatsoever. ![]() The Project Gutenberg EBook of The New Education, by Scott Nearing ![]()
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