Chapter IV: The Social Nature of the Course of Study

1. The nature of the course of study influences the conduct of the
school
2. School studies as means of realizing social situations
3. School subjects are merely phases of a unified social life
4. The meaning of subjects is controlled by social considerations
5. Geography deals with the scenes of social interaction
6. Its various forms represent increasing stages of abstraction
7. History is a means for interpreting existing social relations
8. It presents type phases of social development
9. It offers contrasts, and consequently perspective
10. It teaches the methods of social progress
11. The failure of certain methods of teaching history
12. Mathematics is a means to social ends
13. The sociological nature of business arithmetic
14. Summary: The moral trinity of the school