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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
Education as a Necessity of Life:	page
Renewal of Life by Transmission	1
Education and Communication	4
The Place of Formal Education	7
Summary	11
CHAPTER II
Education as a Social Function:
The Nature and Meaning of Environment	12
The Social Environment	14
The Social Medium as Educative	19
The School as a Special Environment	22
Summary	26
CHAPTER III
Education as Direction:
The Environment as Directive	28
Modes of Social Direction	31
Imitation and Social Psychology	40
Some Applications to Education	43
Summary	47
CHAPTER IV
Education as Growth:
The Conditions of Growth	49
Habits as Expressions of Growth	54
The Educational Bearings of the Conception of Development	59
Summary	62

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