The Shrewd Guess, The Fertile Hypothesis, The

Knowledge Is Justified Belief.

Apollo Without Dionysus May Indeed Be A Well-informed, Good Citizen But He's A Dull Fellow. He May Even Be 'cultured,' In The Sense One Often Gets From Traditionalist Writings In Education. . . . But Without Dionysus He Will Never Make And Remake A Culture.

It Is Sentimentalism To Assume That The Teaching Of Life Can Always Be Fitted To The Child's Interests, Just As It Is Empty Formalism To Force The Child To Parrot The Formulas Of Adult Society. Interests Can Be Created And Stimulated.

"thinking About Thinking" Has To Be A Principle Ingredient Of Any Empowering Practice Of Education.

Rather, The Master Question From Which The Mission Of Education Research Is Derived: What Should Be Taught To Whom, And With What Pedagogical Object In Mind? That Master Question Is Threefold: What, To Whom, And How? Education Research, Under Such A Dispensation, Becomes An Adjunct Of Educational Planning And Design. It Becomes Design Research In The Sense That It Explores Possible Ways In Which Educational Objectives Can Be Formulated And Carried Out In The Light Of Cultural Objectives And Values In The Broad.