Education vs. Pedagogy
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"The error began with the replacement of the
word pedagogy with the word education.
"Pedagogy is not a beautiful word, but it
sticks to the point of teaching.
"It denotes the art of leading a child to
knowledge, whereas education properly refers to a completed development, or the
whole tendency of the mind toward it.
"A person is taught by a teacher but
educates him- or herself, partly by will, partly by assimilating experience.
"The educator's egotistical urge to blur
this distinction is at the root of our present predicament.
"Thinking that we can 'give an education,'
we make wild claims and promises and forget to teach..."
-Jacques Barzun
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 The Four Lost American Ideals is an hour-long recorded lecture that can be purchase either as an MP3 download or an audio CD. Scroll down or click the links below to learn more.
- Product Description
- Reviews
- About Oliver DeMille
- Free download of audio excerpt
Description
Oliver DeMille draws from intensive study of the Founding generation to identify five defining ideals of Americanism:
- Freedom
- Georgics
- Providence
- Liber
- Public Virtue
Although the first, freedom, has not yet been fully lost, it is
steadily declining because of the loss of the other four. These four
ideals permeated early American society but have largely been forgotten.
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