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ERIC Number: EJ275458
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1982
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Goethe's "Metamorphosis of the Plants" and the Art of Education.
Cottrell, Alan P.
Teachers College Record, v84 n2 p477-91 Win 1982
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's views on children, adults, and nature complement and redeem the one-sided attitude of our present-day habits of thought. Goethe's writings about natural history and the relationship between the individual and society illustrate how teaching can be less a branch of technology than an art. (PP)
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Educational Needs, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, German Literature, Humanism, Humanistic Education, Relevance (Education), Scientific Concepts, Social Values, Teacher Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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