Excellence In Education

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he does not assume schools should be social research agencies, recreational facilities, adjustment centers, or custodial institutions. (3). While he does not deny that our nation is currently wrestling with a dreary array of social ailments, he does argue that the answer to such problems can or should lie within the jurisdiction of our schools.
In discussing education’s mission to provide useful knowledge, Ebel defines what he means by the word knowledge: “It is an integrated structure of relationships among concepts and propositions” (5). Knowledge, the way Ebel describes it is not the same as information. Ebel states that “knowledge is built out of information by thinking”. Knowledge, according to Ebel, must be constructed from information by each individual learner; it cannot be looked up, or given to students by a parent or teacher. “ A student must earn the right to say ‘I know’ by his own thoughtful efforts to ...

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as another of education’s special missions, second only to the teaching of useful knowledge. The author defines moral education as “the inculcation in the young of the accumulated moral wisdom of the race” (4). Ebel feels that moral education is being neglected and should have more emphasis placed on it. He feels that our youth has grown up as “moral illiterates.” Although somewhat restricted by courts and public opinion, schools are the perfect place for the type of moral education advocated by Ebel. A sense of respect for regulations and discipline in the schools, along with the examples provided by teachers, “can be powerful influences in ...

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