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Dr. Heinz Lycklama
Influence of Humanism in Schools
nUNESCO document states “The school should therefore use the means described earlier to
combat family
attitudes.”
nHorace Mann, an early US educator, proposed the removal of the Bible from the schools to
“increase genuine
educational progress”
nJohn Dewey (1859-1952) reformed the American school system to conform to humanist
ideals
nThe Bible was
banished and so was prayer
nSigned first
Humanist Manifesto in 1933
nReceived
socialist honors for aiding Trotsky at his Moscow trial
nIntroduced
Darwin’s theory into the American school system