EDUC 2710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Agreeableness, John Dewey
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Themes of efficiency, mass production, economies of scale. What capitalists were worried about; wanted good management where superintendents came in. Principal teachers (principals) were blamed if efficiency didn"t exist. Top-down system established (all comprised of men) A goal was to separate education from local politics and whims. A new science of education should be implemented by specially trained administrators and teachers. The educational trust would rule apolitically and with expertise and power. Philosophy - no absolute truth or fixed value system (relativist) Truth is a dynamic series of ideas, beliefs, and other processes which are the instruments of living (instrumentalist) Engagement (learning to learn instead of for some other purpose) The only way to prepare yourself for the future is to learn in the present. Departure from the old, solves no problems . Everything depends on the quality of the experience which is had. immediate agreeableness and influence on later experience.
