This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... "Symbolic Education" -- Susan E. Blow. "Play in Education" -- Joseph Lee. "Schools of Tomorrow" -- John Dewey. "Biography of a Baby" -- Millicent W. Shinn. "The One I Knew Best of All." -- Frances Hodgson Bur- nett. "The Golden Age" -- Kenneth Graham. "Memoirs of a Child" -- Anne Steger Winston. THE ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... "Symbolic Education" -- Susan E. Blow. "Play in Education" -- Joseph Lee. "Schools of Tomorrow" -- John Dewey. "Biography of a Baby" -- Millicent W. Shinn. "The One I Knew Best of All." -- Frances Hodgson Bur- nett. "The Golden Age" -- Kenneth Graham. "Memoirs of a Child" -- Anne Steger Winston. THE TEACHER OF THE BLIND ELEANOR E. KELLEY Perkins Institute for the Blind Description of occupation Most of the schools for the blind in this country are residential schools, in which the duties of the teachers are twofold: teaching in the schoolroom, and performing the social duties in the cottages. The course of study includes work begun in the kindergarten, through eight or nine grades, and four years of high school. Although the high-school course is not identical, it is made as nearly equivalent as possible to that in the average school for the seeing, while more emphasis is placed upon the study of music and manual training. The school year corresponds with that of the public schools, including vacations during the summer, at Christmas time, etc., when the pupils return to their homes. The school comprises literary, music, manual training, and physical training departments; and, generally, piano tuning and domestic science departments for the boys and girls, respectively. The school day usually continues from 8 or 8.80 A.m. until 4.30 or 5 P.m., with short recess periods and an interval of varying length for dinner. There are also several evening periods of supervised study during the week. The literary work and music are taught by means of a system of raised dots or letters -- a system not difficult for the teacher to learn. Outside of the schoolroom, the teacher is expected occasionally to act as guide for pupils attending concerts, ...
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