Nunn argues the school's main function is to socialize its pupils, and that this does not contradict cultivating individuality¶
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q1 i? The reviewer reports that Nunn marshals experimental findings and current opinion to support the theory that the school's main function is to socialize its pupils, while arguing in a final chapter that this in no wise contradicts the aim of cultivating individuality. → New Publications 1921
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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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The same review of Nunn's book reports its closing argument: the school's socializing function, the reviewer writes, the author says "in no wise contradicts the view (stated at the beginning) that its true aim is to cultivate individuality." The review reports no empirical test of this reconciliation.
"The author marshals experimental findings and current opinion to support his theory that the main function of the school in to socialize its pupils, bnt points out in a final chapter that such a function "in no wise contradicts the view (stated at the beginning) that its true aim is to cultivate individuality.""
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Nunn argues the school's main function is to socialize its pupils, and that this does not contradict cultivating individuality |
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Nunn argues the school's main function is to socialize its pupils, and that this does not contradict cultivating individuality |
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