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Excerpt from The Science of Education

Classification is the aim of this book. The various aspects of education are fully discussed and many lines of investigation are adequately treated in other books, but not enough authoritative work has been done to bring the leading opinions together in one satisfactory conception of all that education implies. This second edition is a contribution to the desired harmonization of thought.

The terms science of education and art of education have been commonly used as synonyms for theory and practice. But science and theory are not synonymous; science connotes an acceptable classification of data or facts, while theory may still remain within the realm of doubt. Art means aptness or skill in the use of facts scientifically classified. In this book the science of education includes both science and art as here defined, because the validity of formal classification cannot be established without the test of direct application in teaching. Failure to apply as in classroom work is the most serious defect in pedagogical study.

No argument except the book as a whole is offered to prove that there is a science of education, nor is any apology made for the effort to help students in the logical organization of thought.

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