Theory and Practice of Teaching, Or, The Motives and Methods of Good School-seepingHall & Dickson, 1847 - 349 pages |
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... gives them in future school exercises and in business , over those who have never had such training . Geography may come next to Mental Arithmetic .. The child should have an idea of the relations of size , form , and space , as well as ...
... gives them in future school exercises and in business , over those who have never had such training . Geography may come next to Mental Arithmetic .. The child should have an idea of the relations of size , form , and space , as well as ...
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... give some further hints to the young teacher . 66 III . The teacher is in a degree responsible for the MORAL TRAINING of the child . I say in a degree , because it is confessed that in this matter very much likewise depends upon ...
... give some further hints to the young teacher . 66 III . The teacher is in a degree responsible for the MORAL TRAINING of the child . I say in a degree , because it is confessed that in this matter very much likewise depends upon ...
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... give them knowledge . Very much of this work must devolve upon the teacher ; or rather , when he undertakes to teach , he assumes the responsibility of doing or of neglecting this work . The precept of the teacher may do much toward ...
... give them knowledge . Very much of this work must devolve upon the teacher ; or rather , when he undertakes to teach , he assumes the responsibility of doing or of neglecting this work . The precept of the teacher may do much toward ...
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... give a good account of the influence which you have exerted over mind . As it may then be forever too late to correct your errors and efface any injury done , study now to act the part of wisdom and the part of love . Study the human ...
... give a good account of the influence which you have exerted over mind . As it may then be forever too late to correct your errors and efface any injury done , study now to act the part of wisdom and the part of love . Study the human ...
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... give the very lowest qualifications for a teacher at present . I shall aim to describe those which a teacher ought to possess , in order to command , for some time to come , the respect of the enlightened part of the com- munity . I ...
... give the very lowest qualifications for a teacher at present . I shall aim to describe those which a teacher ought to possess , in order to command , for some time to come , the respect of the enlightened part of the com- munity . I ...
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Page 327 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it; thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn when thou hast so provided for it.
Page 125 - Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Page 327 - O God of our salvation ; Who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea...
Page 327 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 124 - ... which are these ; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in times past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Page 308 - Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Page 156 - And he would not for a while but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
Page 30 - The torch he quenches ; or to music wind Again the lyre-string from his touch that flew — But for the soul ! — oh ! tremble, and beware To lay rude hands upon God's mysteries there...
Page 264 - ... with impunity. If taken, fat in a solid form is less injurious than liquid fat. " 5. Fruit may be eaten with the recollection of the proverb of fruit-producing countries : ' It is gold in the morning, silver at noon, and lead at night.
Page 51 - The result is that more than eleven-twelfths of all the children in the reading classes in our schools do not understand the meaning of the words they read; that they do not master the sense of the reading lessons, and that the ideas and feelings intended by the author to be conveyed to, and excited in, the reader's mind, still rest in the author's intention, never having yet reached the place of their destination.