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Democracy and Education

By: John Dewey

...e and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei- ther t... ...sociated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an electr... ...ds in thus turn- ing the environment to account is more than compen- sated for by the return it gets: it grows. Understanding the word “control” in th... ...re partially called out, those be selected 30 Democracy & Education which center energy upon the point of need. Successively, it requires that each a... ...e them in practice as we have distinguished them in idea. Activity must be centered at a given time in such a way as to prepare for what comes next. T... ... This control is not the same thing as physical compulsion; it consists in centering the impulses acting at any one time upon some specific end and in... ...ty. In many modern states and in some ancient, there is great diversity of populations, of varying languages, religions, moral codes, and traditions. ... ...n its future. The most direct road for elementary students into civics and economics is found in consideration of the place and office of industrial o... ...ses. Every step forward in the social sciences—the studies termed history, economics, poli- tics, sociology—shows that social questions are capable of...

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