The Sources of a Science of Education

2011 Reprint of 1929 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This essay is Dewey’s answer to the question: Can there be a science of Education? Contents Include: The sources of a science of education. Education as a science – Education as an art – Experience and abstraction – What science means – Illustrations from the physical sciences – Borrowed techniques insufficient – Laws vs. rules – Scientifically developed attitudes – Sources vs. content – Educative processes as a source – Illustration from engineering – Science of education not independent – Illustrations from measurements – The scientific sources of education – Arm-chair science – Illustrations from school reports – The teacher as investigator – No intrinsic educational science content – Special sources – Illustrations – Hypotheses – The purpose of the philosophy of education – Psychology – Qualitative vs. quantitative values – Illustration from S-R psychology – Illustration from psychiatry – Sociology – Educational values – General conclusion.