CHAPTER XVI. THE RISE OF SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY

CHAPTER XVII. THE NEW SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND THE SCHOOLS
I. HUMANISTIC REALISM
II. SOCIAL REALISM
III. SENSE REALISM
IV. REALISM AND THE SCHOOLS

CHAPTER XVIII. THEORY AND PRACTICE BY THE MIDDLE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
I. PRE-EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY EDUCATIONAL THEORIES
II. MID-EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY EDUCATIONAL CONDITIONS

PART IV
MODERN TIMES
THE ABOLITION OF PRIVILEGE; THE RISE OF DEMOCRACY; A NEW THEORY FOR
EDUCATION EVOLVED; THE STATE TAKES OVER THE SCHOOL

CHAPTER XIX. THE EIGHTEENTH A TRANSITION CENTURY
I. WORK OF THE BENEVOLENT DESPOTS OF CONTINENTAL EUROPE
II. THE UNSATISFIED DEMAND FOR REFORM IN FRANCE
III. ENGLAND THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC NATION
IV. INSTITUTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN
AMERICA
V. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION SWEEPS AWAY ANCIENT ABUSES

CHAPTER XX. THE BEGINNINGS OF NATIONAL EDUCATION
I. NEW CONCEPTIONS OF THE EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE
II. THE NEW STATE THEORY IN FRANCE
III. THE NEW STATE THEORY IN AMERICA