Coursault's 1920 book attempts to harmonize the psycho-physical organism view of man with the teleological view, stressing values and purposes over information¶
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q1 i? The reviewer reports that Coursault attempts to harmonize the view of man as a psycho-physical organism adjusting through stimuli and responses with the teleological view of man as a person controlled by purposes and ideas. → New Publications 1921
q1 i? The reviewer reports that the book stresses the importance, in the educative process, of the appreciation of values and the development of purposes as compared to the importance of information. → New Publications 1921 (2)
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New Publications 1921¶
New Publications. (1921). New Publications. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://www.jstor.org/journal/jeducpsych
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A review of Coursault's The Principles of Education (1920), described as based primarily on theoretical writings in education rather than scientific investigations, with the influence of Dewey, Royce, MacVannel, Bagley and McMurry said to appear clearly. The reviewer describes the harmonizing aim quoted here.
"The author attempts to harmonize the views of man as a psycho-physical organism in a process of adjustment through stimuli and responses with the tleeological view of man as n person controlled by purposes and ideas."
New Publications 1921 (2)¶
New Publications. (1921). New Publications. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://www.jstor.org/journal/jeducpsych
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The same review reports the book's emphasis: "the appreciation of values and the development of purposes as compared to the importance of information is stressed." The reviewer adds that the author analyzes the processes of thinking in a fashion similar to Dewey.
"The importance in the educative process of the appreciation of values and the development of purposes as compared to the importance of information is stressed."
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Coursault's 1920 book attempts to harmonize the psycho-physical organism view of man with the teleological view, stressing values and purposes over information |
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Coursault's 1920 book attempts to harmonize the psycho-physical organism view of man with the teleological view, stressing values and purposes over information |
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