The training of youth / by T.W. Berry.

  • Berry, T. W. (Thomas W.)
Date:
1919
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Credit: The training of youth / by T.W. Berry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    are many available works on psychology, on its relation to the theory of education, and on the psychology of adolescence; on the other hand there is a distinct need for a work indicating the possibility of applying sound principles to the practical needs of to-day. I have therefore started this discussion from an account of certain practical inquiries and efforts. Then referring these to educational and psychological principles, it has been my object to show what can be done (as a matter of duty) by the community everywhere, and especially by educationists, to provide the facilities needed for the application of right methods. After all, we are still in the grips of utilitari- anism. Too much do we reckon the value of life in commercial and industrial terms. It is a false patriotism which seeks nothing but commercial prosperity, regarding the young as something analogous to “cannon fodder ”’