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.

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.

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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.

CHAPTER XXVI

THE SCIENTIFIC MOVEMENT AND THE CURRICULUM

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

INDEX.

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