Education for Modern Man

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Education for Modern Man Sidney Hook strikes a forceful note in his exposition and defense of a modern philosophy of education. Criticizing the inadequacy of the "two cultures" approach currently in vogue, Professor Hook offers a fresh, constructive proposal for the successful integration of not only scientific and humanistic traditions, but of those of the social and historical disciplines as well. I t is, he maintains, the effective fusion of these three related but distinct cultures which will provide a workable pattern for contemporary education. Not satisfied with a mere enunciation of high principles in the abstract, Professor Hook applies these principles in detail to the practical solution of the many specific problems facing educators, administrators, and parents. With characteristic lucidity he examines the nature of somé of the major challenges that have been hurled at current educational practices and exposes the numerous falsé antitheses which bedevil mucii of our... Tovább

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Education for Modern Man Sidney Hook strikes a forceful note in his exposition and defense of a modern philosophy of education. Criticizing the inadequacy of the "two cultures" approach currently in vogue, Professor Hook offers a fresh, constructive proposal for the successful integration of not only scientific and humanistic traditions, but of those of the social and historical disciplines as well. I t is, he maintains, the effective fusion of these three related but distinct cultures which will provide a workable pattern for contemporary education. Not satisfied with a mere enunciation of high principles in the abstract, Professor Hook applies these principles in detail to the practical solution of the many specific problems facing educators, administrators, and parents. With characteristic lucidity he examines the nature of somé of the major challenges that have been hurled at current educational practices and exposes the numerous falsé antitheses which bedevil mucii of our present thinking in education. Rarely have eloquence, clarity, and good sense been so well fused, especially in a memorable final chapter on what makes a good teacher. The intelligent reader will find this new edition absorbing from the first to last, a modern, forceful, and well-knit argument which more than confirms John Dewey's judgment of the originál as, indeed, "wisely sane." Vissza