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The School-Master's Friend, With Committee-Man's Guide - Softcover

Theodore Dwight Jr.

 
9780461388428: The School-Master's Friend, With Committee-Man's Guide

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The School-Master’s Friend, With Committee-Man’s Guide: Containing Suggestions On Common Education, Modes Of Teaching And Governing, Arranged For Ready Reference : Plans Of School-Houses, Furniture, Apparatus, Practical Hints, And Anecdotes On Different Systems, &C., For Daily Use In Common Schools; Theodore Dwight Jr. presents a practical manual for teachers and trustees. The work surveys the state of education in the United States and abroad and offers guidance on daily school management, classroom governance, and instructional methods. It includes sections on school architecture, lighting, warming, and ventilation, methods of reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, grammar, history; as well as the role of committees and trustees, and plans for exhibitions and examinations. It advocates professional training for teachers, citizen involvement, and the establishment of libraries and apparatus in schools. The book emphasizes humane pedagogy, self-government, and the moral aims of education, with numerous anecdotes and practical exercises.

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