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The criterion of the common good taken as an absolute, as the only basis for action, is obviously false, but it offers valuable suggestions, among others that education is not a purely individual matter, but rather has an eminently social significance. The teacher should, therefore, direct education toward the formation of a new society, which will not be obtained by the mere warehousing of ideas deprived of any real meaning, but rather requires a personal contact with life and the evolution of humanity.
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Schiefelbein, E., McGinn, N.F. (2017). Instruction—and the Transformation of Society. In: Learning to Educate. Ibe On Curriculum, Learning, And Assessment. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-947-8_8
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