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. 1907 Excerpt: ...often failed to make their pupils love Latin and Greek literature. Primary teachers should remember that children can be introduced to good English literature long before they can read; secondary teachers should remember the value of classical translations and of ancient history. I pass on to the second of the three ...
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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. 1907 Excerpt: ...often failed to make their pupils love Latin and Greek literature. Primary teachers should remember that children can be introduced to good English literature long before they can read; secondary teachers should remember the value of classical translations and of ancient history. I pass on to the second of the three matters with which Instruction is concerned--" Forms." Herbart claims that these--the abstract or general ideas derived from contemplation and comparison of concrete things--are not only interesting in themselves, but of much practical value. All such abstractions, however, are based upon the concrete: and it is a mistake to elevate them into a false independence. Even the "formal discipline" of mathematics awakened but a modified sympathy in Herbart's mind, great though his admiration of the subject was. The mere performance of mathematical "feats of ingenuity" was incomparably less important than "familiarity with the facts of nature;" for though "Self-activity" is an educational goal it is only a subordinate one, unless interpreted in a wide Herbartian sense. All along the line in Herbart's system we find that "skill " and merely "formal" culture are sharply contrasted with "Interest." "Skill of various sorts can be obtained by force, but it is of no value to general culture when the corresponding Interest is lacking." Men claim that " if and cannot be aroused, compulsory acquisition of skill is not Beading: Power v. Interest. other (including the classical) languages. Just as primary schools for thirty years have "taught Reading," and yet have often failed Mathematics: Power n. Interest. this or that had been converted earlier into abilit...
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