Manual Of Object-Teaching: With Illustrative Lessons In Methods And The Science Of Education - Softcover

Norman Allison Calkins

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371978637 ISBN 13: 9780371978634

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Manual Of Object-Teaching: With Illustrative Lessons In Methods And The Science Of Education by Norman Allison Calkins. This work articulates a 19th-century educational philosophy that blends object-teaching with moral pedagogy and natural history. It advocates hands-on, observation-based learning, guiding teachers to elicit discoveries, build classifications, and connect observations to practical uses and broader science. The text outlines a three-stage model of object-teaching, distinguishes object lessons from a broader object-teaching curriculum, and offers extensive guidance on developing perception, language, memory, attention, imagination, reasoning, and will, through concrete experiences and careful questioning. It covers curricular themes such as geography, weight, form, color, and the science of common things, illustrated with sample demonstrations, experiments, and classroom activities designed for large classes. A strong emphasis is placed on habit formation, character development, and the teacher as a model, with nature and everyday life as primary teachers. The material also addresses early screening for sensory defects, and practical methods for integrating observation with reading and writing to foster literacy, inquiry, and scientific understanding from early childhood onward.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371978637
• ISBN 13: 9780371978634
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496