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. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III A SUGGESTED CURRICULUM In outlining a proposed curriculum in religious education three things are essential: a clear perception of the nature of that society into which the children for whom we plan are to be inducted, a comprehensive survey of the material from which we are to draw, and a ...
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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. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III A SUGGESTED CURRICULUM In outlining a proposed curriculum in religious education three things are essential: a clear perception of the nature of that society into which the children for whom we plan are to be inducted, a comprehensive survey of the material from which we are to draw, and a map of life, indicating with what clearness and precision is possible just what are the mental and moral capacities and needs of each age through which our pupils pass. That society includes, as we have seen, not only all of humanity, but all things and all beings. The materials from which we are to draw comprehend the total range of interest, --nature, history, literature, philosophy, philanthropy. And the map of life, which we are next to outline, must include at least the period of human development, from birth to early maturity. Even these limits are set through practical necessity, since a right religious education must go back of birth and concern itself with heredity, and forward beyond early maturity, making religious progress coterminous with life. It is only during the last few years that a map or chart of developing life could be made, for it is within the recollection of those yet living that genetic psychology has come into being, the extent and thoroughness of study in this field constituting a striking chapter in the history of scientific advance. It is not meant by this that all religious teaching has hitherto been wrong. Far from that. But, with the fullest appreciation of the excellent work our fathers did, it is our privilege to proceed along lines laid down by nature herself, profiting by facts of which our fathers were unaware. A curious illustration of this is seen in a course of graded study in religion that was issued..
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