Modern Methods for Teachers (Classic Reprint)

Charles Clinton Boyer

ISBN 10: 1334679002 / ISBN 13: 9781334679001

Published by Forgotten Books, 2019

About this Item

Print on Demand. This book on teaching methods delves into the history, principles, and practices of education. The author argues that modern methods are an evolution of ancient educational practices and the result of centuries of progress. The book begins by discussing the nature of education and defining its ultimate goals as the development of happiness, goodness, and usefulness in individuals. It then explores the principles of culture, including exercise, correlation of faculties, and the natural order of development. The book also examines the psychology of science and the principles of knowledge acquisition, emphasizing the importance of observation, induction, and deduction. Furthermore, the text discusses the classification of sciences, including mathematics, physical sciences, biological sciences, mental sciences, and arts. By understanding these principles, the book argues, educators can develop effective teaching methods that foster the intellectual, emotional, and physical development of their students, and ultimately contribute to the progress of humanity. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Modern Methods for Teachers (Classic Reprint)
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1334679002
• ISBN 13: 9781334679001
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Book Type: print-on-demand item
• Seller catalogs:
  • Education

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Synopsis

Excerpt from Modern Methods for Teachers: A Twentieth Century Hand-Book for American Teachers, Normal Schools, and Teachers' Reading Circles

Modern methods of teaching are an evolution, a develop ment whose roots reach back into the distant past of Greece and Rome and farther, too. Until the art of printing by movable type was invented by Gutenberg in 1456, teaching was mainly oral. Authoritative statement on the part of the teacher and mechanical repetition on the part of the pupil were the most convenient steps of the teaching process. When this process was reinforced by interrogation, it was more to test the memory than to exercise the understanding; for, in those despotic centuries, self-assertion, individuality, originality in thinking, were crimes against established institutions.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.