BRIDGEWATER STATE COLLEGE

Clement C. Maxwell Library

Master's Theses

Bridgewater State College, MA


CONCENTRATION: EDUCATION
AUTHOR: Bigoness, J. William, Jr.
TITLE: Platonism in modern educational theory
DATE: 1941
PHYSICAL
DESCRIPTIONS:
viii, 58 p.; 8 x 11 in.
NOTES: Includes bibliography and appendix.
CONTENTS: I. The province of metaphysics in educational theory -- II. The limitation of scientific method -- III. The nature and function of metaphysics -- IV. The perfection of man by a moral educational purpose --V. The means to the attainment of a moral educational purpose -- VI. The scientific purpose of platonistic pedagogy -- VII. Means to formation of just man -- VIII. Recapitulation -- IX. The aims of moderneducation -- X. The methodology of modern education -- XI. Platonistic concept of justice and the modern idea of self-realization -- XII. Plato's origination of the theory of individual differences -- XIII. Plato's philosophy ofsegregation and the modern practice of homogenous grouping -- XIV. Platonistic and modern physical education -- XV. The platonic and modern concept of woman -- XVI. Conclusion
ADVISORS: Maxwell, Clement C.; Arnold, Joseph I.
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