How to Teach by George Drayton Strayer;Naomi Norsworthy
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sake of realizing the aim of education.
4. How may a teacher who insists upon having children ask permission before they move in the room interfere with the realization of the social aim of education? 5. Can you name any physical habits which may be considered socially undesirable? Desirable? 6. What is the significance of pupil participation in school government? 7. How does the teacher who stands behind his desk at the front of the room interfere with the development of the right social attitude upon the part of pupils? 8. Why is the desire to excel one's own previous record preferable to striving for the highest mark? 9. In one elementary school, products of the school garden were sold and from the funds thus secured apparatus for the playground was bought. In another school, children sold the vegetables and kept the money. Which, in your judgment, was the most worth while from the standpoint of the social development of boys and girls? 10. A teacher of Latin had children collect words of Latin origin, references to Latin characters, and even advertisements in which Latin words or literary references were to be found. The children in the class were enthusiastic in making these collections, and considerable interest was added to the work in Latin. Are you able to discover in the exercise any other value? |
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