Education at the Crossroads
COURSE CONTENT
The Educational Crisis
The Progressive Revolution
John Dewey and the Rejection of Truth
Thorndike and the Rise of Behaviorism
Schooling for Social Efficiency
Education as Ideology
The Defense of Catholic Education
Remembering Reality
The Soul of Education and a Spirituality of Education
The Counteroffensive Today
John Dewey and the Rejection of Truth
What happens to education when the human soul is replaced by a biological mechanism? In this lecture, Dr. Jon Kirwan explores the radical rise of Jean Jacques Rousseau's philosophy, the rise of behaviorism, and examines how this psychological shift stripped the classroom of its spiritual and moral purpose. Contrast the modern error of behavioral conditioning with a holistic, truth-centered model of learning to persevered by the Church.