Review of: A Social Theory of Education

Reviews the article A Social Theory of Education by G. A. Coe . This work presents a wide field of religious problems organized around the educational task. First of all is the social theory of religion. In his Psychology of Religion the author has elaborated this view, showing that religion is fund...

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Published in:Psychological bulletin 1919-03, Vol.16 (3), p.98-100
Main Author: Ames, E. S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Education
Human
Religion
Social Processes
Theories
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Summary:Reviews the article A Social Theory of Education by G. A. Coe . This work presents a wide field of religious problems organized around the educational task. First of all is the social theory of religion. In his Psychology of Religion the author has elaborated this view, showing that religion is fundamentally an experience of personality and of relations between persons. The first concern of education is therefore "the persons with whom the pupil is in contact." The religious training of the child consists in leading him to an intelligent and creative participation in complex human relationships and values. It cannot be done by routine or memoriter methods, but only by living, growing experience, for which the child becomes increasingly responsible and efficient. The reviewer notes that this work opens an entirely new perspective for the problems which it treats, although some of the psychologically relevant questions the author proposes may not be answered fully.
ISSN:0033-2909
1939-1455
DOI:10.1037/h0065442