“Knowledge is humanistic in quality not because it is about human products in the past, but because of what it does in liberating human intelligence and human sympathy. Any subject matter which accomplishes this result is humane, and any subject matter which does not accomplish it is not even educational.” HumansDoeMatterPastResultsQualitySubjectsProductsEducationalAccomplishLiberatingHumaneSubject MatterHuman IntelligenceHumanistic Book:Democracy and Education: Top American Authors Source: Democracy and Education: Top American Authors
“Various epochs of the past have had their own characteristic struggles and interests. Each of these great epochs has left behind itself a kind of cultural deposit, like a geologic stratum. These deposits have found their way into educational institutions in the form of studies, distinct courses of study, distinct types of schools.” WayKindSchoolPastFormCoursesFoundLeftInterestBehindsStruggleStudyTypeInstitutionsVariousEducationalCharacteristicsLeft BehindDepositsEducational Institutions Book:Democracy and Education: Top American Authors Source: Democracy and Education: Top American Authors
“Truth must be dug up from the past and presented to the circle of scholastics in scientific form and then through stories and dramatizations that will permeate our educational system.” StoriesPastFormEducationalCirclesPast And PresentEducational SystemScholastics Author:Carter G. Woodson