Discusses the psychoanalytic initiative in education, where Freud encouraged expanding his work into schools. The article examines Dewey and Erikson, emphasizing how Erikson's work helps explain the meaning of being a Deweyan, considering related features of their vocations, and proposing that, despite differences, their vocations reveal shared…

This article clarifies some central philosophical and theological principles of Newman and shows the meaning of these in his doctrine on student-centered education. (MM)

The social role of schooling is to equip students with the tools that will enable them to control their own destiny. How this role can be attained is explored through discussion of the current social role of schooling, our conception of democracy, and recent criticism of public schooling. (DF)