The Pursuit of Knowledge
[…] ‘ Indeed, for many centuries elementary education was largely based on the idea that sparing the rod spoiled the child and that the quickest way to reach the youthful intellect was from below up. But one recalls on the other hand Rousseau’s little Emile wandering among the flowers, and the rise of the Kindergarten – the children’s garden – which has ascended from infancy up throughout our system of education. ‘
‘ I can recall from my own childhood, in the England of nearly sixty years ago, a little elementary primer called Reading without Tears. This was regarded at the time as a pleasing innovation. ‘
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