As I talk here and you listen, it might seem as if no action followed. You might call it a purely theoretic process, with no practical results. But it must have a practical result. It cannot take place at all and leave your conduct unaffected. If not today then some far future day you will answer some question differently by reason of what you are thinking now. (p. 13)
This is an interesting concept. I do believe that there is some validity in this argument. However teachers in the school systems do not have the pleasure of purely assuming that learning has taken place, with the application to be implemented at a later day and time. We unfortunately live a society whose focus is accountability. We must produce data to demonstrate that what was taught said and presented has truly been recognized as learning. I wonder what James would have to say regarding the system of teaching to the test.
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