"The American educational system, because it is based in behaviorist rather than progressivist philosophy, has not served well for the development of a citizenry capable of effective participation in the democratic decision-making process, the remedy being the progressivist methods described the later chapters. The mistreatment of mind in schools historically, is intentional, the consequence being curriculum and methods that are intended to inculcate students in a manufactured truth rather than promote the development of ...
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"The American educational system, because it is based in behaviorist rather than progressivist philosophy, has not served well for the development of a citizenry capable of effective participation in the democratic decision-making process, the remedy being the progressivist methods described the later chapters. The mistreatment of mind in schools historically, is intentional, the consequence being curriculum and methods that are intended to inculcate students in a manufactured truth rather than promote the development of critical think skills necessary for assessing the truth value of contents. While this emphasis does not educated students to be critically thoughtful participants in the societal decision-making process, it does create for passive acceptance of an unfair and inequitable economic system, its beneficiaries the few and the wealthy for whom the educational system helps to keep the masses content relatively subdued. Progressive educational are described and promoted as means for the creation of a sane and humane democratic society. These methods are student-centered, the student the creator of meaningful knowledge developed by treating information analytically to discover inherent truth value, this the basis for effective decision making as an individual and as a member of a democratic society. Freedom and responsibility are the linchpins of a free and, at the same time, humane society, responsibility leading to voluntary curtailment of freedom, enough so that all may enjoy the benefits of the free society. Issues of proper and improper authority are discussed to argue for schools in which students know how to benefit from the proper and challenge the improper"--
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