CHAPTER VI

SOME EDUCATIONAL THEORIES EXAMINED

Theories of Pestalozzi and Froebel—Lack the element of personality—The struggle for existence a part of life—Herbartian psychology—The person an effect and not a cause—A tempting vista—Eliminates personality—Turns out duplicates—Each system fails to meet our tests—A psychology that meets the demands upon it—Educational truth a common possession—We take children as persons—The person wills and thinks and feels—An adequate doctrine—Education the science of relations—Teaching must not be obtrusive—The art of standing aside, 56

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