This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...so wayward and obstinate, that there is no way of controlling them except through fear of bodily pain. If bodily punishment is ever inflicted, it should be as a last resort, and at an hour-or-two's interval after the offence requiring it, in order that the punishment may not be vindictive, and that it may be quite ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...so wayward and obstinate, that there is no way of controlling them except through fear of bodily pain. If bodily punishment is ever inflicted, it should be as a last resort, and at an hour-or-two's interval after the offence requiring it, in order that the punishment may not be vindictive, and that it may be quite clear to the delinquent that the teacher is simply the instrument of punishment which is the natural result of the offence. Certain forms of corporal punishment should never be allowed. Boxing the ears or blows on the head are always dangerous, and so is the use of a hard inflexible stick. It would appear that teachers are gradually finding that they can maintain discipline without any form of corpfiral punishment. In the city of New York it has been forbidden in the public schools, expulsion being substituted for it as a dernier ressort. The giving of impositions requiring the keeping-in of the scholar for a prolonged period, and interfering with his meals and recreation, should seldom be had recourse to. The plan of having good and bad marks, which are subsequently reported to parents and made the subject of rewards, works much better than any form of corporal punishment. CHAPTER XI. Age And Sex In Relation To School-work. Duration of School-work at various Ages.--Statistics of Children attending School at various Ages.--Growth and Development in relation to School work.--Weight and Size of Children.--Chart oj Growth of Children.--Sex in Education.--Character of Education in relation to Sex. Age has a most important bearing on the character, amount, and distribution of the work to be given to children. During the period of childhood, including up to the end of the 7th year, more rapid changes are being undergone than at any subsequent period of ...
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