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MORE than one hundred years ago, Herbart sketched out his ideal system of education, which was to utilise all knowledge for the formation of character. For this purpose the knowledge was to be presented as a unity instead of in the usual way which drew a hard and fast line between each subject. Since his day the specialisation of knowledge has increased so much that the problem, difficult though it was then, is infinitely more difficult now; the intelligent teacher who would put his children into touch with all aspects of modern knowledge, while yet giving the requisite historical background for the understanding of that knowledge, is faced with difficulties at every stage.
An Experiment in Synthetic Education.
By Emily C. Wilson. With Chart for Five Years' Work. Pp. 62. (London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., 1921.) 4s. 6d. net.
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An Experiment in Synthetic Education . Nature 111, 217 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111217c0
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