EDUCATION AND THE SOCIAL CRISIS

EDUCATION AND THE SOCIAL CRISIS
KAPPA DELTA PI LECTURE SERIES

1. SOURCES OF A SCIENCE OF EDUCATION,
by Dr. John Dewey.

2. LEARN OR PERISH,
by Dorothy Canfield Fisher.

3. THE EXCITEMENT OF TEACHING,
by William Lyon Phelps.

4. EDUCATION AND THE SOCIAL CRISIS,
by William Heard Kilpatrick.



CONTENTS
FOREWORD
CHAPTER I
THE TASK AND PROBLEM
CHAPTER II
THE SITUATION NOW CONFRONTING US
THE PASSING OF THE OLD FREEDOM
THE BREAKDOWN OF OUR ECONOMIC MACHINE
HOW MODERN INDUSTRY TIES US TOGETHER
THE NEED FOR A PLANNING ECONOMY
THE PROFIT MOTIVE AND HUMAN NATURE
CHAPTER III
ATTENDANT EVILS OF OUR PRESENT SYSTEM
THE MIS-EDUCATIVE EFFECTS OF OUR BUSINESS SYSTEM
POLITICAL CORRUPTION A NATURAL CORRELATIVE
PERSONALITY AND LIFE SUBORDINATED TO GAIN
THE SYSTEM DEVELOPS A DEFENSE MECHANISM
CHAPTER IV
IS THERE A WAY OUT?
THE MORAL OBLIGATION INHERENT IN THE SITUATION
HOW SHALL WE PLAN?
DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP DEMANDS SHARED SEARCH
LEADERSHIP THREE-FOLD
LEADERSHIPS ARISE WITHIN THE SITUATION
CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENT A GROUP PROCESS
LEADERSHIP IN THE PRESENT SITUATION
SOME POSSIBLE LINES OF PLANNING
DANGERS AND DIFFICULTIES
CHAPTER V
WHAT SHALL EDUCATION DO?
EDUCATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLIGENT SOCIAL INTEREST
THE PROFESSION OF EDUCATION AND ITS RESPONSIBILITY
THE PROFESSION AND EXPERT ECONOMIC KNOWLEDGE
THE NEED OF THE PROFESSION FOR A BROADER OUTLOOK
THE PROFESSION’s RESPONSIBILITY TOWARD ADULTS
THE PROFESSION AND THE NEW SCHOOL
EDUCATION AND PARTISANSHIP
EDUCATION AND INDOCTRINATION
OPEN-MINDEDNESS AND CONVICTIONS
DOES THE GROUP CULTURE INDOCTRINATE?
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER VI
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
THE SITUATION
BUSINESS THWARTS TECHNOLOGY
THE ANTI-SOCIAL EFFECTS OF OUR BUSINESS SYSTEM
THE BAD EDUCATIONAL EFFECTS OF OUR BUSINESS SYSTEM
THE MORAL OBLIGATION UPON THE PROFESSION OF EDUCATION
THE NEW ADULT EDUCATION
THE NEW SCHOOL