Show Democratic Principles Influence Education By BEM AMINO FAIT The Jj article concerning educational of a group ol cuu written by a member the University this yea the of the Fait Is school In of an elementary Through the reintroduction of the democratic principle in Italy after World War two changes took place in the teaching program for elementary THE FIRST appeared in 1945 under the guidance of the American educator the second was initiated in 1955 by a group of Italian experts in the educational who connected Catholic religious and moral fundamentals with the new democratic In so it was necessary to embody the results of that psychological research in recent had been greatly beneficial in improving educational methods in every I TAKE THIS having recently attended an discussion group at Murray High to the main concepts in the new scholastic policy in At the one of the main problems discussed was the question of overcrowded and I should like to concentrate on this OUR PROBLEM in Italy is the reverse of that which prevails We have many qualified teachers who find it difficult to obtain and the Ministry of Education is trying to solve this problem by lowering the student teacher the increasing industrial prosperity in Italy is opening up new avenues of and consequently the number of teachers seeking employment in general education is THIS PROCESS is accelerated by the increase in technical and vocational training a byproduct of industrial everyone concerned in educational theory is increasingly aware of the fact that excessive reduction in the student-teacher ratio is not necessarily in the best interest of educational This is confirmed by the experience of teachers in Italy who have found that an exaggerated reduction in the size of classes causes students to miss that stimulus to activity which is pro vided by the interaction variety of behavior and in any given age-group y THIS PRINCIPLE of a r tain optimum ratio is based ideals which transcend JS logical aims and The concept of the value o individual is a product of Ch tian The Ancient Greeks were concerned with the value of th individual as a part of the since that was mainly guided by intellect ual before in does every man as an Mortal |