17. Homogeneous monarchical nations look after the training of their teachers much better than does such a cosmopolitan nation as the United States. Why?
SELECTED READINGS
In the accompanying Book of Readings the following illustrative selections are reproduced:
333. Switzerland: Constitutional Provisions as to Education and
Religious Freedom.
334. Japan: The Basic Documents of Japanese Education.
(a) Preamble to the Education Code of 1872.
(b) Imperial Rescript on Moral Education.
(c) Instructions as to Lessons on Morals.
335. Ping Wen Kuo: Transformation of China by Education.
336. Mann: Education and National Prosperity.
337. Huxley: The Recent Progress of Science.
338. Anon.: Scientific Knowledge must precede Invention.
339. Ticknor: Illustrating Early Lack of Communication.
340. Monroe: The Struggle for National Realization.
341. Buisson, F.: The French Teacher and the National Spirit.
342. Fr. de Hovre: The German Emphasis on National Ends.
343. Stuntz: Landing of the Pilgrims at Manila.
QUESTIONS ON THE READINGS
1. Compare the Swiss and American Federal organizations, and state just what the Swiss Constitution (333) provides as to education.
2. Suppose you knew nothing about the Japanese, what type of government would you take theirs to be from reading the Imperial Rescript (334b)?
3. In comparing the Chinese transformation and the Renaissance (335), does Mr. Ping propose comparable events?
4. Show that Mr. Mann's argument (336) is still sound.
5. Does Huxley overdraw (337) our dependence on science?