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There is no such thing as educational value in the abstract. The notion that some subjects and methods and that acquaintance with certain facts and truths possess educational value in and of themselves is the reason why traditional education reduced the material of education so largely to a diet of predigested materials.

There is no such thing as educational value in the abstract. The notion that some subjects and methods and that acquaintance with certain facts and truths possess educational value in and of themselves is the reason why traditional education reduced the material of education so largely to a diet of predigested materials.

Approximate author period: c. 1905 AD · modern

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John Dewey
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Approximate author period: c. 1905 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for John Dewey: life dates 1859 to 1952. Wikidata Q131805, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131805 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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