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. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...both Bible study and the art of teaching depend. The whole educational world has received new light from both science and experience. These criticisms have taken form in new courses of study of various kinds, some of them still in the theoretical stage, and some tested by actual use. The Bible Study Union ...
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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. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...both Bible study and the art of teaching depend. The whole educational world has received new light from both science and experience. These criticisms have taken form in new courses of study of various kinds, some of them still in the theoretical stage, and some tested by actual use. The Bible Study Union Graded Lesson system, the earliest and the most widely extended of all these systems, was conceived and has been built up by my neighbor and friend Rev. Erastus Blakeslee. By his teaching genius, his intense energy, and the organizing skill through which he won his spurs in the army and the military title of General, he organized success for his new scheme, which is now so well known. The Lutheran General Council have issued an interesting series of graded lessons in the form of bound books, one for each grade (published also in quarterly form), --Pictureland, Wbrkland, Bible Story, Bible History, Bible Geography, Bible Biography, Bible Teachings, and Bible Literature. "The General Council Graded System for Sunday and Church schools covers all ages of Biblical instruction in simple and definite stages from the Kindergarten to the College, from the Infant school to the Bible class, with full text-books and apparatus, each a complete unit in itself." "The Young Churchman Co., Milwaukee, publishes a series of a dozen or more graded courses which are coming into general use in Episcopal schools." Beyond these I know of no complete series of graded lessons (aside from the International) that have been tested in any large number of schools; and these have been subjected to severe criticism, in proportion to the time they have been used. It makes a great difference whether a system is in the theoretical stage or in the working stage....
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