Introductory chapter: The beginnings of culture, in childhood — Natural and artificial methods in the education of children.

Citation

Clarke, J. F. (1880). Introductory chapter: The beginnings of culture, in childhood — Natural and artificial methods in the education of children. In J. F. Clarke, Self-culture: Physical, intellectual, moral, and spiritual: A course of lectures (pp. 3-27). Boston, MA, US: James R Osgood and Company.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/12423-001

Abstract

Education is made up of three grand divisions. First, Instruction, or, knowledge communicated to the intellect; second, Training, or exercise of the faculties; third, Development, or education in its special meaning,—the unfolding of the whole nature of man. These three constitute Education in its largest sense. Of all this Education, the school and college contributes a part, but a much larger part comes from other sources. Nature educates, life educates, society educates. Outward circumstances, inward experiences, and social influences, make up a large part of human culture. But at present, let us see what schools ought to do, what they actually do, and what they might do. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)