...define instruction. It is continuous reconstruction, moving from the child's present experience out into that represented by the organized bodies of truth...child's present experience, and those contained in the subject-matter of studies, are the initial and final terms of one reality. To oppose one to the other...

...successes of the human race generation after generation. They present this, not as a mere accumulation, 'y' not as a miscellaneous heap of separate bits of /' /^ experience, but in some organized and sys- ; \ O^zrX tematized way — that is, as reflectively formu- V' ^^ ) lated. . Hence, the facts...

...the result of its efforts and successes, for generation after generation. The ordinary school studies present this not as a mere accumulation, not as a...separate bits of experience, but in some organized way. Hence, the daily experiences of the child, his life from day to day, and the subject matter of...

...the result of its efforts and successes, for generation after generation. The ordinary school studies present this not as a mere accumulation, not as a...separate bits of experience, but in some organized way. Hence, the daily experiences of the child, his life from day to day, and the subject matter of...

...define instruction. It is continuous reconstruction, moving from the child's present experience oui into that represented by the organized bodies of truth...child's present experience, and those contained in the subject-matter of studies, are the initial and final terms of one reality. To oppose one to the other...

...studies." l8 The various school studies, such as arithmetic, geography, language, and botany, said Dewey, "are themselves experience — they are that of the...experience, but in some organized and systematized way." l9 Unfortunately, many of Dewey 's disciples treated subject matter as an outmoded relic from an antediluvian...

...define instruction. It is continuous reconstruction, moving from the child's present experience out into that represented by the organized bodies of truth...child's present experience, and those contained in the subject-matter of studies, are the initial and final terms of one reality. To oppose one to the other...

...they are that of the race. They embody the cumulative outcome of the efforts, the strivings, and the successes of the human race, generation after generation....separate bits of experience, but in some organized and systematic way— that is, as reflectively formulated. "Hence, the facts and truths that enter into...