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of Education. First United States Commissioner of
Education. Value of Barnard's Educational Collections.
Educational Development in New England since the
Revival. Influence of the Awakening upon the Middle
States. Public Education in the West. Organization of
State Systems in the South. Development of the Ameri-
can System of Education.
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CHAPTER XXIV
DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE
Froebel and Herbart as Disciples of Pestalozzi. The
Early Career and Writings of Herbart. Work at Königs-
berg and Göttingen. Herbart's Psychology. The Aim,
Content, and Method. The Value and Influence of
Herbart's Principles. The Extension of His Doctrines
in Germany. Herbartianism in the United States.
Froebel's Early Life. His Experiences at Frankfort,
Yverdon, and Berlin. The School at Keilhau. Develop-
ment of the Kindergarten. Froebel's Fundamental
Concept of 'Unity.' Motor Expression as His Method.
The Social Aspect of Education. The Kindergarten.
The Value and Influence of Froebel's Principles. The
Spread of Froebelianism through Europe. The Kinder-
garten in the United States. The Relative Influence of
Pestalozzi, Herbart, and Froebel.
CHAPTER XXV
THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN SYSTEMS
National Systems of Education in Europe and Canada.
The Beginning of State Control in Prussia. Educational
Achievements of Frederick the Great. Educational In-
fluence of Zedlitz. Foundation of the Ministry of Edu-
cation and Further Progress. The Elementary System.
The Secondary System. Higher Education. Educa-
tional Development in France. The Primary School
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System. The Secondary System. The Institutions of
Higher Education. Centralized Administration of
the French Education. Early Development of English
Education. Educational Movements in the Nineteenth
Century. Subsequent Educational Movements. De-
velopment of Education in the Dominion of Canada.
The Public School System of Ontario. The System of
Ecclesiastical Schools in Quebec.
The Development of the Natural Sciences in Modern
Times. The Growth of Inventions and Discoveries in
the Nineteenth Century. Herbert Spencer and What
Knowledge is of Most Worth. Advocacy of the Sciences
by Huxley and Others. The Disciplinary Argument for
the Sciences. Introduction of the Sciences into Educa-
tional Institutions in Germany, France, England, and
the United States. Interrelation of the Scientific with
the Psychological and Sociological Movements.
CHAPTER XXVII
PRESENT DAY TENDENCIES IN EDUCATION
Recent Educational Progress. The Growth of Indus-
trial Training. Industrial Schools in Europe. Industrial
Training in the United States. Commercial Education
in Europe and America. Recent Emphasis upon Agri-
cultural Training. Moral Training in the Schools To-
day. The Development of Training for Mental Defec-
tives. Education of the Deaf and Blind. Recent
Development of Educational Method; Dewey's Experi-
mental School. Other Experiments in Method. The
Montessori Method. The Statistical Method and
Mental Measurements in Education. Education and
the Theory of Evolution. Enlarging Conceptions of
the Function of Education.
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CHAPTER XXVIII
RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT
The Development of Individualism. The Harmoniza-
tion of the Individual and Society
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