Moral Values in Secondary Education: A Report of the Commission on the Reorganization of Secondary Education, Appointed by the National Education Association |
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Page 4 - College, Columbia University, New York City. Alexander Inglis, assistant professor of education, in charge of secondary education, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Henry Neumann, Ethical Culture School, New York City. William Orr, senior educational secretary, international YMCA committee, 104 East Twenty-eighth Street, New York City.
Page 19 - At every crossway on the road that leads to the future, each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand men appointed to guard the past.
Page 6 - Acller. school. This is peculiarly the time when they crave freedom, selfreliance, the chance to show what they can do by themselves; it is the time when they are notably conscious of a new personal worth, a quickened sense of justice, and a broadened desire to help their fellow beings. By seizing every occasion therefore to give these promptings their best nurture, the school accomplishes two purposes that coincide: It makes for a better America by helping its pupils to make themselves better persons.
Page 7 - Lacking this, they become dry monologues or the perfunctory execution of so many items per period in a given syllabus. It is bad for pupils to dislike the reading of the best books because of poor teaching in literature. It is worse to have a similar dislike associated with ethical reflection. In the second place, the teacher must possess special knowledge and special skill. He should be familiar with the principles of ethics, with the classic literature on the subject, and with the history of ethical...
Page 4 - Committee consists of 26 members, of whom 16 are chairmen of committees and 10 are members at large. ) Chairman of the Commission and of the Reviewing Committee: Clarence D. Kingsley, State high-school inspector, Boston, Mass. Members at large: Hon. PP Claxton, United States Commissioner of Education, Washington, DC Thomas H. Briggs, associate professor of education, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City.
Page 36 - REPORTS OF THE COMMISSION ON THE REORGANIZATION OF SECONDARY EDUCATION. The following reports of the commission have been issued as bulletins of the United States Bureau of Education and may be procured from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, 'Washington, I».
Page 16 - To appreciate how futile it is to trust " experience" alone to improve character we need only note how often it happens, for instance, that boys get from their athletic experience little other than a certain coarsening of their moral fiber. To get the most out of an " experience " there must be more or less understanding of Its better possibilities. A boy who Is disgruntled because he thinks he is a good pitcher but is obliged to play center field may be forced by his comrades to do his allotted...
Page 29 - Upon his fellow workers, eg, what should "setting the pace for one's competitors" mean? (3) Upon the people who do the purchasing, eg, compare educating the public taste with debauching it; and (4) upon the other callings with which his own is interrelated, eg, the stimulus given to modern scientific labors by industrial progress, or the interchange between business and art in such fields as furniture making and advertising.
Page 5 - Stated in terms of national service, the aim of the secondary school should be to equip our pupils as fully as possible with the habits, insights, and ideals that will enable them to make America more true to its best traditions and its best hopes. To strengthen what is most admirable in the American character and to add to it should be the goal toward which all the activities are pointed. Hence the best contribution that any school can offer is to enrich the understanding of what is required for...