Human relationships are primary means of education, and knowledge of humans' unlearned tendencies is necessary to efficient planning for education in general.¶

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Subclaims¶

q1 i? The intellects and characters of parents, teachers and friends are very important means of educating a person, and other means such as books, maps or apparatus cannot be usefully studied apart from human nature. → Thorndike 1910 q1 i? Knowledge of the unlearned tendencies of man as a species is necessary to efficient planning for education in general. → Thorndike 1910 (2)

Evidence¶

Thorndike 1910¶

Thorndike, E. L. (1910). The contribution of psychology to education. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0070113

q1 · i? · theoretical · r2

Definitional/descriptive statement opening the article's discussion of the means of education, which continues that the influence of means such as books, maps or apparatus cannot be usefully studied apart from the human nature they act upon.

"the intellects and characters of any one's parents, teachers and friends are very important means of educating him"

Thorndike 1910 (2)¶

Thorndike, E. L. (1910). The contribution of psychology to education. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0070113

q1 · i? · theoretical · r2

Argument from the section on instincts: the foundation of education is the equipment of instincts and capacity given by nature apart from training. The author notes human instinct studies give results that are not entirely unambiguous because of extreme complexity and intimate mixture with habits.

"knowledge of the unlearned tendencies of man as a species is necessary to efficient planning for education in general"

Discussion¶

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