Talks on Pedagogics an Outline of the Theory of Concentration (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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The discussion of the doctrine of Concentration presented in this book is the outcome of work done in the Cook County Normal School.

In 1883 I resigned my position as one of the Supervisors of the Boston schools in order to come into closer range and con tact with children's minds. The work done in Quincy was a slight beginning of something far better.

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These Talks were given at the Teachers Retreat, Chautauqua A ssembly, New York, July, 1891. Their popular form has been changed to text for close study. Many repetitions have been omitted, but leaving, as the reader will find, a sufficient number to maintain the reputation of an average teacher. The experience of three years has naturally brought other changes, suggesting modifications and additions. The discussion of the doctrine of Concentration presented in this book is the outcome of work done in the Cook County Normal School. In 1883 I resigned my position as one of the Supervisors of the Boston schools in order to come into closer range and contact with childrens minds. The work done in Quincy was a slight beginning of something far better. Of the special direction of progress, the ideal was vague not in the clear. One thing, however, appeared right that the natural sciences and history should be put into the primary school, made an essential part of the course for eight years; and that reading and language lessons might spring from the thought aroused from the study of the central subjects. A nother proposition presented itself with great force: that pupils under proper They were also given at the New York Teachers Training College, the University of Minnesota, and the Cook County Normal Summer School.
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