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Title: The Children: Some Educational Problems

Author: Alexander Darroch

Release Date: May 11, 2007 [EBook #21419]

Language: English

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_The Social Problems Series_

EDITED BY

OLIPHANT SMEATON, M.A., F.S.A.

THE CHILDREN

_The Social Problems Series_

THE CHILDREN

SOME EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS

BY

ALEXANDER DARROCH, M.A.

PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK
16 HENRIETTA STREET, W.C.
AND EDINBURGH
1907

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. INTRODUCTION--THE PRESENT UNREST IN EDUCATION 1

II. THE MEANING AND PROCESS OF EDUCATION 13

III. THE END OF EDUCATION 22

IV. THE RELATION OF THE STATE TO EDUCATION--THE PROVISION
OF EDUCATION 31

V. THE RELATION OF THE STATE TO EDUCATION--THE COST OF
EDUCATION 46

VI. THE RELATION OF THE STATE TO EDUCATION--THE MEDICAL
EXAMINATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN AND THE MEDICAL
INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS 54

VII. THE RELATION OF THE STATE TO EDUCATION--THE FEEDING OF
SCHOOL CHILDREN 66

VIII. THE ORGANISATION OF THE MEANS OF EDUCATION 77

IX. THE AIM OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION 85

X. THE AIM OF THE INFANT SCHOOL 98

XI. THE AIM OF THE PRIMARY SCHOOL 107

XII. THE AIM OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOL 118

XIII. THE AIM OF THE UNIVERSITY