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Chapter IV THE BASIS OF NATIONAL STRENGTH A LIBERAL EDUCATION FROM A NATIONAL STANDPOINT KNOWLEDGE Part VIKNOWLEDGE IN LITERARY FORM           I have so far urged that knowledge is necessary to men, and that, in the initial stages, it must be conveyed throughp.334a literary medium, whether it be knowledge of physics or of Letters, because […]

Chapter IV Part V EDUCATION AND THE FULLNESS OF LIFE           “I must live my life!” said the notorious bandit who before the War terrorized Paris; and we have heard the sort of cant often, even before The Doll’s House gave to “self-expression” the dignity of a cult; nevertheless, the brigand Bonnot has done an

Chapter IV Part IV NEW AND OLD CONCEPTIONS OF KNOWLEDGE          I have so far advanced that “knowledge” is undefined and probably indefinable; that it is a state out of which persons may pass and into which they may return, but never a store upon which they may draw; that knowledge-hunger is as universal as bread-hunger;

Chapter IV THE BASIS OF NATIONAL STRENGTH[1] A LIBERAL EDUCATION FROM A NATIONAL STANDPOINT KNOWLEDGE Part I KNOWLEDGE WE have from time to time given some attention to the failure of our attempts to educate “The Average Boy,” and it may be useful to look into one or two fundamental principles upon which this question

Chapter III THE SCOPE OF CONTINUATION SCHOOLS A HUNDRED years ago, about the close of the Napoleonic wars, there was such another stirring among the dry bones as we are aware of to-day. All the world knew then, as now, that war was the outcome of the wrong thinking of ignorance, and that education was

Chapter II A LIBERAL EDUCATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS MIGHTY is the power of persistent advertisement. The author of The Pagan may or may not be bringing an indictment against Pelmanism*, but without any doubt ‘Pelmanism’ is bringing an indictment against secondary education. Half a million souls, Judges and Generals, Admirals and Barristers, are protesting that they have

Book II Theory Applied ——♦♦—— Chapter I LIBERAL EDUCATION IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS I NEED not waste time in attempting to convince the reader of what we all know, that a liberal education is, like justice, religion, liberty, fresh air, the natural birthright of every child. Neither need we discuss the scope of such an education.

Chapter X THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE UNIVERSE Section III (c) PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, HANDICRAFTS It is unnecessary, too, to say anything about games,p.234dancing, physical exercises, needlework and other handicrafts as the methods employed in these are not exceptional.[1] [1] For details see the Parents’ Union School programmes.