The essay from which Aims of Education derived its name was delivered as an address in 1916 ideas that are disconnected scraps of information, with no application to real life or culture "education with inert ideas is not only useless: it is, above all things, harmful." 1929 between 1912 and 1927 1929 numerous essays and addresses inert ideas
What is the origin of the title of the book? How did Whitehead define "inert ideas"? What was Whitehead's criticism of the use of inert ideas in education? When was "The Aims of Education and Other Essays" published? During what periods of time were the essays and address contained in "The Aims of Education and Other Essays" composed? What year was The Aims of Education and Other Essays published? What was the Aims of Education and Other Essays comprised of? What teaching did Whitehead caution against teaching?
Whitehead's most complete work on education is the 1929 book The Aims of Education and Other Essays, which collected numerous essays and addresses by Whitehead on the subject published between 1912 and 1927. The essay from which Aims of Education derived its name was delivered as an address in 1916 when Whitehead was president of the London Branch of the Mathematical Association. In it, he cautioned against the teaching of what he called "inert ideas" – ideas that are disconnected scraps of information, with no application to real life or culture. He opined that "education with inert ideas is not only useless: it is, above all things, harmful."
question: What is the origin of the title of the book?, answer: The essay from which Aims of Education derived its name was delivered as an address in 1916 | question: How did Whitehead define "inert ideas"?, answer: ideas that are disconnected scraps of information, with no application to real life or culture | question: What was Whitehead's criticism of the use of inert ideas in education?, answer: "education with inert ideas is not only useless: it is, above all things, harmful." | question: When was "The Aims of Education and Other Essays" published?, answer: 1929 | question: During what periods of time were the essays and address contained in "The Aims of Education and Other Essays" composed?, answer: between 1912 and 1927 | question: What year was The Aims of Education and Other Essays published?, answer: 1929 | question: What was the Aims of Education and Other Essays comprised of?, answer: numerous essays and addresses | question: What teaching did Whitehead caution against teaching?, answer: inert ideas