The Gleam of Light: Moral Perfectionism and Education in Dewey and EmersonFordham Univ Press, 2005 - 210 pages In the name of efficiency, the practice of education has come to be dominated by neoliberal ideology and |
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Page 1 - Thinking must not be subdued by his instruments. Books are for the scholar's idle times. When he can read God directly, the hour is too precious to be wasted in other men's transcripts of their readings. But when the intervals of darkness come, as come they must, — when the sun is hid, and the stars withdraw their shining, — we repair to the lamps which were kindled by their ray, to guide our steps to the East again, where the dawn is. We hear, that we may speak. The Arabian proverb says, " A...
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American Educational History Journal Volume 35, Number 1 And 2 2008, Volume 34 J. Wesley Null No preview available - 2008 |
American Educational History Journal Volume 35, Number 1 And 2 2008, Volume 34 J. Wesley Null No preview available - 2008 |