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Plan: Predicament and promise.

Thelen, Herbert A.

Pages: 4 –15

In which we distinguish among four ways to go about making the school educative, note that much of our difficulty in improving schools arises from the nature of the society in which they are embedded, and finally conclude that we shall have to think our way through to better concepts of...

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Man: What makes Johnny tick?

Thelen, Herbert A.

Pages: 16 –28

In which we let Johnny show us the richness and the complexity of human behavior; note the fundamental conflict between our animal and our social nature; and propose that life is a continual natural inquiry into ways of resolving the conflict in each of its confrontations; we suggest that the...

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Knowledge: The instinct for the jugular.

Thelen, Herbert A.

Pages: 29 –53

In which we distinguish between information and knowledge, note that the educative part of knowledge is a disciplined approach to life, and spell this out in detail for physical, biological, social, and humanistic (or subjective) domains of experience. We suggest that educators must themselves...

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Society: The house that Jack lives in.

Thelen, Herbert A.

Pages: 54 –73

In which we consider the social context of the school: its place in the community, the community-inspired needs of its students, and the dying out of the values on which education was once based. We suggest that improvement of schools will require us to take proper account of community pressures,...

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Suppositions: Four models for education.

Thelen, Herbert A.

Pages: 74 –88

In which we summarize the preceding chapters and discern three fundamental dynamics in man and society. We then sketch, as an overview for the rest of this book, three educational "models" based on the three dynamics—and then add a fourth model to service the other three with pinpointed...

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Model 1: Personal inquiry.

Thelen, Herbert A.

Pages: 89 –112

In which we report some experiences with students when they are set free to inquire into things meaningful to them, and go on to suppose how education could capitalize on diagnosed needs and talents of boys and girls. We rather speculatively draw up specifications for the Program of Personal...

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Social order: The subterranean world of the group.

Thelen, Herbert A.

Pages: 113 –137

In which we let Flight 716 show us some of the richness and complexity of group behaviors, and we note the fundamental conflict between the emotional and work tendencies of the group. We propose that group development proceeds as a continuous undercover investigation of how to resolve this...

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Model 2: Group investigation.

Thelen, Herbert A.

Pages: 138 –159

In which we compare group investigations to "projects" and "activities," present a lengthy case study of a genuine investigation, and develop the principles used by the teachers in the conduct of this class inquiry. During this discussion we try to communicate general policies for the method of...

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Model 3: Reflective action.

Thelen, Herbert A.

Pages: 160 –180

In which we consider that the school as a small community is maintained and improved through the more or less conscious effort of each citizen to become more effective in his own role; and that this striving, on the part of students, is consonant with the need of youth to develop a "place" for...

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Model 4: Skill development.

Thelen, Herbert A.

Pages: 181 –187

In which we consider that the learning of skills is justified to increase one's competence to achieve his goals, and that routine practice without relationship to meaningful goals is mostly a waste of time. We suggest that a student engaged in genuine inquiry will acquire many skills in the...

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