Idealism in education : or, Firs principles in the making of men and women 1923

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Chapter 1 The Problem Of Education In Man-making

Man-making the Occupation of the Ages

Mind in our Universe . 2 From Unconscious to Conscious Eel ‘ Man’s Dream of Self-improvement

Knowledge and Use of Life Forces Denadded The Forces of Man-making .

Statement of our Problem . , ; “ : The Greatness of this Problem . : : ‘

Chapter II

. The Fundamental Place of Heredity in Life .

(1) The Witness of Biology (2) Illustrations of Heredity (3) Inheritance of Criminality (4) Heredity in Literature

The Nature of Heredity : (1) The Two Meanings of she Tae (2) The Nature of Physical Heredity (3) The Law of Heredity : (4) Its Application to the Physique (5) The Work of Mendel (6) The Law of Sir Francis Galton (7) Application of the Law of Heredity to Mind XVii

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(8) Inheritance of Mental and Moral Traits . CCAD (9) Reversion to the Normal . , : , 4) 22 (10) Inbreeding : ; ; sree

(11) Gradual Appearance of Herston : : Pater

3. The Inheritance of Acquired Characters : Pea in| (1) The Nature of Acquired Characters . : ae (2) Are they Inherited ?. ; : ; : eon (3) The Affirmative ; ; : : d 5 (4) The Negative . : : E : - alae

(5) Conclusion : 5 : : : 4 sh eg 4. Capacity as an Inheritance . : . : : Bates: 2) (1) What we Inherit. - : : ° 2s 530 (2) Capacity . 5 : : . . « 30

The Capacity is Coe : A : : é I (3) pacity 3 (4) We inherit Capacity, not Character . : Uae

5. The Use of Heredity in making Progress . ° eh 32 (1) The Possibility of Progress in Evolution . aa eae (2) Division of Responsibility : ° 4933 (3) Heredity the Truth of predesianan : Lawes

6. The Practical Bearings of this Discussion . : shu WS (1) The Relation of Education to Heredity . shes (2) The Elementary Way to improve the Race = 45 (3) A Duty of Parents and Teachers . : Je eae (4) Rational Sexual Selection ° ° ° “438 (5) “ Race Suicide” ; : : ; . «- 39 (6) Segregation of the Unfit . ; ; oy AE (7) Develop the Strong Points of Hee : - 43 (8) Arouse Dormant Heredity ° . : «ape (9) Study the Individual Child : . . > ps

(10) The Theory of Recapitulation . : ° . 46 (11) Right Immigration . . . . : ot ay (12) Marriage Tests : : : A x <) aS (13) The Rights of Women . ° ° . i hae (14) Outdoor Life for Women .. : 4 ee (15) Prenatal Influence . ° . ° ° cee (16) Universal Peace A : 4 : ° olf abe

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PAGE (17) Is Philanthropy Misguided? . ‘ : er ks (18) The First Principle of Man-making . : ee

7. The Abuse of the Law of Heredity ; E : Sed

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1. The Nature of Environment. : 3 : 3 aii, OE (1) Meaning of the Term : : ; : Oe (2) The Kinds of Environment . : ; “Oz 2. The General Influence of Environment i : ny Oe (1) The Law of Environment : Ay ce?!

(2) Modification of Organism by Ravioonent diaeOd (3) Modification of Environment by the Organism. 65 (4) Resulting Likeness between Organism and Environment . : 65 (5) Illustrations of Reston to Ey amen Ae hats (6) Explanation of the Law of Adaptation . nor

(7) The Provision of Opportunity by Enooaments 67

3. The Influence of the Physical Environment . : a GS (1) The Development of Latent Heredity : E68 (2) Atrophy through Disuse . ‘ 3 - HGS (3) Selection, not Production . : : ; 7 OG (4) The Exertion of Pressure . : ° ‘ AC (5) The Effects of Nutrition . : : : We tityi?) (6) The Explanation of Variation . . ° BA (7) Geography and Man : : ‘ : Seu 7e

4. The Influence of the Social Environment. : sn ely (1) Contrast with the Physical Environment . Neen i (2) Competition . ‘ , ‘ : ‘ So EGS (3) Imitation . ; : ‘ ; : : Ray | (4) Suggestion : : ‘ : : : AR SY 3 (5) Instruction : ; , ae eT

(6) Home, School, and Cominuniey : : ahi nag

5. Personal Variations in the Social Environment . eka (1) The Genius. ‘ : ; : , <eO

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(2) The Outcast . : ‘ . 0) Ee (3) The Average

. The Practical Bearings of this Discussion

(1) Our Duty to Environment

(2) The Problem of handling Environment

(3) Evils in the American Environment .

(4) Suggestions toward controlling Environment (5) Tuberculosis and the School :

(6) The Second Principle of Man-making

. The Abuse of the Law of Environment , 3

CHAPTER IV WILL AND EDUCATION - The Meaning of Will . : : é : °

. The Historic Recognition of the Individual .

(1) The Social vs. the Individual

(2) Among Primitive Peoples . - : ° (3) Among Oriental Peoples .

(4) Among the Greeks . i : ° (5) Among the Romans. : : . : (6) Among the Teutons . ; °

(7) In Christianity .

. Modern Estimates of the Individual .

(1) The Renaissance

(2) The Reformation

(3) The French Revolution

(4) Anarchism vs. Socialism .

(5) Eighteenth Century Exaggeration of will (6) Nineteenth Century Minimizing of Will

. Future Reconciliation of Universalism and Individualism

(1) The Meeting of Extremes

(2) Illustrations

(3) The Goal of Human Darcie

(4) Summary of the Recognition of Tadivd nee a is

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. Anticipations of Will in the Discussions of Heredity and Environment.

. The Contribution of Will to Man- dealing

(1) Development or Neglect of Inherited Canis (2) Use or Abuse of Environing Opportunity .

(3) The Law of Will in Man-making

(4. The Essence of Will

(5) From Thought to Destiny

. The Practical Bearings of this Discussion

(1) The Aim in Educating the Will (2) Education as socializing the Individual and individualizing Society (3) Principles in educating the will (4) The Third Principle of Man-making Theoretical and Practical Summary of Man-making