President Eliot on Public-School Problems: An Address Delivered Before the Michigan State Teachers Association, December, 1885, Repeated Before the Connecticut State Teachers Association, November, 1886 (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from President Eliot on Public-School Problems: An Address Delivered Before the Michigan State Teachers Association, December, 1885, Repeated Before the Connecticut State Teachers Association, November, 1886 In educating children the attempt has sometimes been made to put work in the place Of play, and somtimes the attempt to put play in the place of work; and it would be hard to say which has led to the greater failure. The first attempt is the blunder of practical teachers only, the second is the blunder both Of ...
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Excerpt from President Eliot on Public-School Problems: An Address Delivered Before the Michigan State Teachers Association, December, 1885, Repeated Before the Connecticut State Teachers Association, November, 1886 In educating children the attempt has sometimes been made to put work in the place Of play, and somtimes the attempt to put play in the place of work; and it would be hard to say which has led to the greater failure. The first attempt is the blunder of practical teachers only, the second is the blunder both Of teachers and Of writers on educational theory. SO sober a man as John Locke not only proposed to combine instruction and sport, but said nothing like work should be laid on children; the great use and skill Of a teacher in the case of small children being, he affirmed, to make all as easy as he can. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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