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Goal Of Education Is Desirable: At the other end of the scale, Teddy's determination is quite capable of carrying him through some project which appears to me far too difficult for him. For the past four years he has done quite a lot of camping out in the garden, sleeping out and cooking his breakfast over a campfire, and improving his technique all the time. Last year, when he was 11, he decided that he needed a store tent as well as a sleeping tent. Prices being high, we flatly refused to allow him to buy one. Well then, he would make one; could he 1954). The goal of education is desirable ways of acting, thinking, and feeling.
Three essentials of instruction in problem solving are a clearly recognized goal, some interference in reaching the goal, and a desire to attain the goal. Sometimes a child's failure to reach the goal is blocked by emotion, sometimes by inability, sometimes by lack of knowledge of the steps to take. Problem-solving behavior varies with the task and with the experience and motivation of the individual and the social factors in the situation (132, p. 261,1956).
Although the | constitution provides that primary education be compulsory and that public education levels shall be free, substantial short-i of plant, equipment, and teaching person-|make this goal unattainable. In 1970, about 1 primary school teachers were serving about "" students. Less than 40% of the schools, and students were in the rural areas, most Haitians live. |
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