S0059 · wordsworth_tables_turned · registry identity
The Tables Turned
How Hirsch uses it
Every occurrence, grouped by book and chapter, with the claim it was linked to support and (where the extraction regenerated one) the underlying warrant.
2006 · The Knowledge Deficit
Wordsworth's poetry asserting that a 'vernal wood' can teach more than 'sages.'
related American educational thought is dominated by a complacent faith in the benefits of nature derived from nineteenth-century Romanticism.
2022 · American Ethnicity
William Wordsworth's poem 'The Tables Turned,' which explicitly rejects 'barren leaves' (books) in favor of nature's teaching.
direct The 'religion of natural development' asserts that education should occur through direct personal experience rather than book-learning.
Warrant (implicit): Canonical literary works expressing a preference for nature over formal study are representative of a broader, coherent educational doctrine that shapes societal attitudes toward learning.
could fail ifPoetry expresses an aesthetic or emotional 'truth' relative to the author's personal experience which may not be intended as, or function as, a prescriptive pedagogical theory for society.
2023 · Shared Knowledge
William Wordsworth's poem 'The Tables Turned' cited to illustrate the Romantic hostility toward analytical study and books.
direct Romanticism prioritizes Nature and Instinct over the analytical 'meddling intellect' in the education of children.
Warrant (implicit): Canonic literary expressions of a movement's philosophy accurately reflect the practical curriculum and instructional priorities implemented by school administrators.
could fail ifPoetic metaphors of 'natural growth' may exist in the culture while schools simultaneously maintain traditional, rigorous, and analytical grading and testing standards.
2024 · The Ratchet Effect
Wordsworth's poem 'The Tables Turned' ('One impulse from a vernal wood...') used as an expression of Romantic educational faith.
direct The Romantic premise of schooling is that nature and instinct are superior to the 'meddling intellect' in guiding a child's education.
Warrant (implicit): The themes of popular poetry from a specific era serve as a reliable proxy for the foundational pedagogical assumptions of that era's educational system.
could fail ifPoetry often represents a counter-cultural or avant-garde sentiment that is specifically opposed to the actual institutional practices of its time.
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William WordsworthWordsworth, W. (1798) The Tables Turned