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To complete the picture we have to realize the difference which would be made in the methods of parents and teachers were there an adequate and generally shared knowledge of human nature.
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John Dewey
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gutenberg.orgJohn Dewey: “To complete the picture we have to realize the difference which would be made in the methods of parents and teachers…”
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Dewey suggests that a better understanding of human nature would transform parenting and teaching methods.
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We lie, as Emerson said, in the lap of an immense intelligence.
Competition will continue, but it will be less rivalry for acquisition of material goods, and more an emulation of local groups to enrich direct experience with appreciatively enjoyed intellectual and artistic wealth.
But the wingèd words of conversation in immediate intercourse have a vital import lacking in the fixed and frozen words of written speech.
Signs and symbols, language, are the means of communication by which a fraternally shared experience is ushered in and sustained.