Power to grow depends upon need for others and plasticity.
 John Dewey, Democracy and Education (1916). copy citation

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Author John Dewey
Source Democracy and Education
Topic power need
Date 1916
Language English
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“The development within the young of the attitudes Chapter Three: Education as Direction Summary. The natural or native impulses of the young do not agree Chapter Four: Education as Growth Summary. Power to grow depends upon need for others and plasticity. Chapter Five: Preparation, Unfolding, and Formal Discipline Summary. The conception that the result of the educative process Chapter Six: Education as Conservative and Progressive Summary. Education may be conceived either retrospectively” source