concerned children who brought with them to their
schools "certain necessary and irreducible conditions"
which act as a "functional nucleus", (p.3) The first
book the researcher read was Piaget's (1952) The Origins
of Intelligence in Children Trans, by M. Cook, New York:
International University Press. The Original French
edition was published in 1936. The lines reflected my
belief about Anglo-Indian children in their classrooms
and their functional nucleus which was locked into the
Tknglo-Indian culture and needed to be altered in the
classroom situation to accept the learning of Indian
languages and to understand ethical pluralism.
(4) Dewey, J. (1916, 1944, 1966) Democracy and Education
Toronto, Ont. Collier-Macmillan: First Free Press
Paperback edition (1966) (p.198); see also, Dewey, J.
(1938, 1969) Experience and Education New York: Collier
Books (p.51). In Dewey's book (1966) one probably finds
the most important presentation of the liberal theory of
education, which to Dewey meant "an opportunity to escape
from the limitations of the social group in which (one)
was born, and to come into living contact with a broader
environment", (p.20) See also, Bowles, S. and Gintis,
H. (1979) Schooling in Capitalist America: Educational
Reform and the Contradictions of Economic Life London and
Henley: Routledge & Kegan Paul. Bowles, S. and Gintis, H
refers to Dewey's process as the "integrative" function
of education, (p.21)
(5) Froebel, F. (1893) The Education of Man Trans, from
the German by W.N. Hailman. New York: D. Appleton and
Company (p.217); see also, Froebel, F. (1900) The
Pedagogics of the Kindergarten Trans. J. Jarvis London:
Edward Arnold, in which Froebel describes "childhood as
the most important stage of the total development of man
and humanity", (p.95) For further information read, Rusk,
R.R. and Scotland, J. (1979) Doctrines of the Great
Educators 5th Edition. Basingstoke, U.K.: The Macmillan
Press Ltd. (p.191); see also, Lee, V; Webberley, R; and
Litt, L. (1976) Intelligence and Creativity The Open
University Educational Studies: A Second Level Course
Personality and Learning E201 Block 6 (p.93).
Froebel wrote "The Education of Man" which appeared in
1826. This work by Froebel admits one into his Philosophy
and shows us the fundamental principles upon which he
based the kindergarten (Garden of Children) system. His
great words were inner connection, and Froebel stated
that there must be an inner connection between the
pupil's mind and the objects which he studies, and this
shall determine what to study. Inner connection is in
fact what the Germans call the Developing Method.
(6) Montessori, M. (1918) The Advanced Montessori
Method: Scientific Pedagogy as applied to the Education
of children from seven to eleven years Trans, from the
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