Theory and Practice of Teaching, Or, The Motives and Methods of Good School-seepingHall & Dickson, 1847 - 349 pages |
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... seen such a youth brought under the influence of the educator , and have wit- nessed the progress he has made and the intellectual promise he has given , I have also thought of my neg lected tree . When , too , I have followed him to ...
... seen such a youth brought under the influence of the educator , and have wit- nessed the progress he has made and the intellectual promise he has given , I have also thought of my neg lected tree . When , too , I have followed him to ...
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... seen the world , I am satisfied that this early and superficial teaching of a difficult subject is not only useless but positively injurious . How many there are who study grammar for years , and then are obliged to confess in after ...
... seen the world , I am satisfied that this early and superficial teaching of a difficult subject is not only useless but positively injurious . How many there are who study grammar for years , and then are obliged to confess in after ...
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... seen , who is not repeating over and over again the words of the text , as if there was a saving charm in repetition . Observe the same scholars at recitation , and it is a struggle of the memory to recall the forms of words . The ...
... seen , who is not repeating over and over again the words of the text , as if there was a saving charm in repetition . Observe the same scholars at recitation , and it is a struggle of the memory to recall the forms of words . The ...
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... seen him in the senate among great men , -had I seen him in a school of philosophers , or a brotherhood of poets , I should probably have selected him as the most remark- able man among them all , without suspecting his dis- tinction to ...
... seen him in the senate among great men , -had I seen him in a school of philosophers , or a brotherhood of poets , I should probably have selected him as the most remark- able man among them all , without suspecting his dis- tinction to ...
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... seen that an educated man without virtue is but the more capable of doing evil ? Who does not know that knowledge misdirected , becomes , instead of a boon to be desired , a bane to be deprecated ? From what has been said , I place it ...
... seen that an educated man without virtue is but the more capable of doing evil ? Who does not know that knowledge misdirected , becomes , instead of a boon to be desired , a bane to be deprecated ? From what has been said , I place it ...
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A. S. BARNES acquire answer appeal to fear Arithmetic attainments attention become better branches called child common schools conscience consider corporal punishment course cultivation DAVIES desire district duty ear of corn effectual Elementary Arithmetic elementary sounds English language evil excite exer exercise experience feel finer feelings friends give grammar habits heart hour human important improvement infliction inquire instruction interest knowledge labor language lessons look means ment mental Mental Arithmetic metic mind moral motives natural philosophy nature neglected never Normal Chart Normal School object parents perhaps practical prepared present principle prize profession punishment pupils question recess recitation reward rience scholars scholium schoolroom sometimes soon soul spirit success SYRACUSE teaching thing tion TRIGONOMETRY truth uncon vidual words young teacher
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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.