The Essence Of Creativity Is Figuring Out

Learners Are Encouraged To Discover Facts And Relationships For Themselves.

Education Must, Be Not Only A Transmission Of Culture But Also A Provider Of Alternative Views Of The World And A Strengthener Of The Will To Explore Them.

It Is Sentimentalism To Assume That The Teaching Of Life Can Always Be Fitted To The Child's Interests, Just As It Is Empty Formalism To Force The Child To Parrot The Formulas Of Adult Society. Interests Can Be Created And Stimulated.

The Young Child Approaching A New Subject Or Anew Problem Is Like The Scientist Operating At The Edge Of His Chosen Field.

Rather, The Master Question From Which The Mission Of Education Research Is Derived: What Should Be Taught To Whom, And With What Pedagogical Object In Mind? That Master Question Is Threefold: What, To Whom, And How? Education Research, Under Such A Dispensation, Becomes An Adjunct Of Educational Planning And Design. It Becomes Design Research In The Sense That It Explores Possible Ways In Which Educational Objectives Can Be Formulated And Carried Out In The Light Of Cultural Objectives And Values In The Broad.