Education at the Crossroads

One of the most eminent Catholic philosophers of our time explores the American system of education. He believes that it must be based on the Christian idea of man being "more a whole than a part, and more independent than servile." In his view education is concerned with "making a man"-a man with "deep-rooted independence with regard to common opinion." This book is devoted to discovering how that can come about.

Preface

v

I. The Aims of Education

1

(28)

The Nature of Man and Education

1

(9)

The Education of Man

1

(1)

The First Misconception: a Disregard of Ends

2

(2)

The Second Misconception: False Ideas Concerning the End

4

(1)

The Scientific and the Philosophical-Religious Idea of Man

4

(2)

The Christian Idea of Man

6

(1)

Human Personality

7

(2)

Personality and Individuality

9

(1)

Concerning the Aims of Education

10

(12)

The Conquest of Internal Freedom

10

(2)

The Third Misconception: Pragmatism

12

(2)

The Social Potentialities of the Person

14

(1)

The Fourth Misconception: Sociologism

15

(3)

The Fifth Misconception: Intellectualism

18

(2)

The Sixth Misconception: Voluntarism

20

(2)

The Paradoxes of Education

22

(7)

The Seventh Misconception: Everything Can Be Learned

22

(2)

The Educational and Extra-educational Spheres

24

(1)

The Educational System with Regard to the Formation of the Will and the Dignity of the Intellect

25

(4)

II. The Dynamics of Education

29

(29)

The Dynamic Factors

29

(7)

The Pupil's Mind and the Art of the Teacher

29

(2)

Education by the Rod and Progressive Education

31

(2)

The True and the False Freeing of Personality

33

(3)

The Fundamental Dispositions To Be Fostered

36

(3)

With Regard to Truth and Justice

36

(1)

With Regard to Existence

37

(1)

With Regard to Work

38

(1)

With Regard to the Others

38

(1)

The Fundamental Norms of Education

39

(19)

The First Rule

39

(1)

The Second Rule

39

(3)

The Freeing of the Intuitive Power

42

(3)

The Third Rule

45

(2)

Spiritual Unity and Wisdom

47

(2)

The Fourth Rule

49

(2)

Knowledge and Training

51

(4)

The Inner Structure of the Curriculum

55

(3)

III. The Humanities and Liberal Education

58

(30)

The Rudiments

58

(3)

The Spheres of Knowledge

58

(2)

The Child

60

(1)

The Humanities

61

(14)

The Adolescent

61

(3)

The Universal Character of Liberal Education

64

(2)

The Curriculum

66

(5)

Philosophy and Theology

71

(4)

The University

75

(13)

The Architecture of an Ideal University

75

(4)

The Consummation of Liberal Education

79

(4)

The Institutes of Advanced Research

83

(1)

The Schools in Spiritual Life

84

(2)

Our Responsibility toward Youth

86

(2)

IV. The Trials of Present-Day Education

88

(31)

Liberal Education and the New Humanism We Hope For

88

(3)

An Integral Education for an Integral Humanism

88

(1)

Human Leisure and Liberal Education

89

(2)

Some Special Tasks Imposed upon Education with Regard to the World of Tomorrow

91

(12)

The Normal Task of Education and Its Superadded Burdens

91

(1)

The Educational System and the State

92

(1)

Moral Teaching

93

(4)

The Needs of the Political Commonwealth and Education

97

(6)

The Educational Problems Raised by the Present World Crisis of Civilization

103

(16)

How to Remedy the Mental Perversion Brought about by ``Education for Death,''

103

(1)

Preventive or Protective Measures

104

(3)

Constructive Work

107

(2)

About Europe

109

(4)

The Renewed Inspiration of Our Own Education

113

(6)

Index

119

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