Description
Place of publication: London
Collation: 80 p. ; 22 cm.
Series title: R.P.A. Extra Series
Series number: 12
Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Printed in two columns. First published in 1904. New edition, revised and enlarged, published in 1907. Issued by arrangement with Messrs. Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Ltd., for the Rationalist Press Association Limited. Part of the NSS pamphlet collection.
Herbart's pedagogy emphasised the connection between individual development and the resulting societal contribution. He believed that every child is born with a unique potential, his Individuality, but that this potential remained unfulfilled until it was analysed and transformed by education in accordance with what he regarded as the accumulated values of civilisation. Only formalised, rigorous education could, he believed, provide the framework for moral and intellectual development. The five key ideas which composed his concept of individual maturation were Inner Freedom, Perfection, Benevolence, Justice and Equity or Recompense. [Edited from Wikipedia, 2/2018].