Warns that methods of molding "good students" (e.g., teacher-dominated decision making, lack of student participation/response, and solitary classwork) ensure conformity, docility, passivity, and dependence. Recommends coaching, rather than lecturing, for skill development; Socratic dialogue; environments that reduce fear of failure; and learning…

Reviews Bode's criticisms of "General Education in a Free Society: Report of the Harvard Committee" (1945). Relates Bode's views of the purposes of general education, underscoring his concern with epistemological issues and democracy and his faith in the scientific enterprise. Envisions Bode's probable response to Harvard's report on the "Core…