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The child initiates new processes of thought and establishes new mental habits much more easily than the adult ; but the adult , with trained powers , has an immense advantage over the child in the acquisition of information .
The child initiates new processes of thought and establishes new mental habits much more easily than the adult ; but the adult , with trained powers , has an immense advantage over the child in the acquisition of information .
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Form the right habits from the outset . ... habit should be reasoned into before the habits are formed . ... He who is moral either understands ethics or can easily come to do so ; he whose morals are not yet habits cannot ...
Form the right habits from the outset . ... habit should be reasoned into before the habits are formed . ... He who is moral either understands ethics or can easily come to do so ; he whose morals are not yet habits cannot ...
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537 How to Make or Break Habits The practical question next arises as to how habits may be forged or broken . It is already evident that it is easier to get them than to get rid of them , for in getting them the nervous system is virgin ...
537 How to Make or Break Habits The practical question next arises as to how habits may be forged or broken . It is already evident that it is easier to get them than to get rid of them , for in getting them the nervous system is virgin ...
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Contents
CONCEPTS OF EDUCATION | 1 |
CONCEPTS OF PHILOSOPHY AND PHILOS OPHY OF EDUCATION | 27 |
NATURALISM IN EDUCATION | 53 |
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| Title | A Philosophy of Education, Based on Sources Prentice-Hall education series Prentice-Hall education series; E. George Payne, editor |
| Editors | Quincy Adams Kuehner, Enoch George Payne |
| Compiled by | Quincy Adams Kuehner |
| Publisher | Prentice-Hall, Incorporated, 1935 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 2 May 2006 |
| Length | 624 pages |
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