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  • The Theory of American Education

    Document thumbnail: The Theory of American Education
    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    1872 copyrighted text. Published by the Journal of Education. The author is credited as Superintendent Public Schools, St. Louis. This text read at the National Teachers' Association, held at Cleveland, Aug. 19, 1870. Written in two chapters: Ch. I—Education in the Past; Ch. II—The Present and Future of Education. The text covers the history of printing, textbooks, circulation, and pedagogy. It includes sections on nature vs. human nature, the realm of mind, the function of education, Rousseau, Pestalozzi, oral vs. textbook instruction, and the spirit of the age. The Schultz Archive is roughly the complete text.
    Creator/Author:
    Harris, William Torrey, 1835-1909
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/26/2016
    Date Modified:
    07/24/2020
    Date Created:
    1872
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0