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The Aims of Education

by Alfred North Whitehead · 1929

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Presents the texts of a series of lectures delivered between 1912 & 1928 on the purposes & practice of education.

Preface

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The aims of education

The rhythm of education

The rhythmic claims of freedom & discipline

Technical education & its relation to science & literature

The place of classics in education

The mathematical curriculum

Universities & their function

The organisation of thought

The anatomy of some scientific ideas

Space, time & relativity

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adult
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short · 175 pages
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