# Education as Intellectual Discipline

Dr Arthur Bestor, Professor of history at the University of Illinois, comments on the importance of a disciplined mind and outlines the methods of obtaining intellectual discipline in a democratic society. States that life adjustment education has two essential elements: first, to help young people develop the skills, knowledge, and the attitudes for dealing intelligently with the immediate situations of everyday living; and second, to help them understand the persistent aspects of a situation that will recur throughout their lives. Featured personality is Florence Strer, Professor of Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1961
- Runtime: 29 min
- By: Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999, Bestor, Arthur Eugene, 1908-1994, KTCA-TV (Television station : Saint Paul, Minn.), National Educational Television and Radio…
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/educationasintellectualdiscipline)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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