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Excerpt from The Educational Theories of Quintilian Discussed With Reference to the Doctrine of Interest
J. A. Mac Vennel, Theories of Herbart and Froebeloordingly be regarded as fairly started on the way to a place in the body of established truth? This definition excludes the large mass of conjecture and untried suggestion so commonly denominated as theory. In the history of education there have been many conflicting principles expressed each with its loyal adherents, who have written pamphlets, books and treatises in support of their views. Schools have been founded in which their ideas have been put into practice, and have flourished for a time until other theorists have brought forward their Opinions and the old.has been forgotten in the new; One of the stock ideas Which for a long time retained its hold.upon eiuca tors and probably had its origin in a misconception of the pay chologist is that familiarly known as the dogma of Formal Dis cipline. We will state this here briefly because of its influ ence and relation to the doctrine of Interest with Which we are primarily concerned.
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