Education, a Monthly Magazine, Vol. 41 : Devoted to the Science, Art, Philosophy and Literature of Education, September, 1920 June, 1921 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Education, a Monthly Magazine, Vol. 41: Devoted to the Science, Art, Philosophy and Literature of Education, September, 1920 June, 1921<br/><br/>To one who has been studying the educational systems of Europe and America and has been in touch with some modem American developments, the present trend of our vocational education gives material for considerable apprehension. At present the war has changed the spirit of the people and nearly every American has become more or less familiar with and suspicions of the methods and philosophy of German vocational education. I trust that this knowledge and change of spirit will be utilized in exercising more care and thoughtfulness on the part of the public in regard to the methods and ideals of our own schools.<br/><br/>Previous to the war, - and I am glad that state of mind does not continue today, - we had been trying to copy the methods of Europe, and we adopted ideas without regard to their ultimate social fitness for a democracy. We were saturated with ideas about "discipline" and "fitting for life's work," and too little concerned with the philosophy of such educational ideas. Were we after all fitting young men and women for life? Our conduct in this war may give us the answer. So abeorbed had even we Americans become in the theory of the individual for the state that we often lost sight of the mere individual.<br/><br/>About the Publisher<br/><br/>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com