Lippincott Educational Series, Vol. 1

Thinking and learning to think

For a number of years it has been the authors duty as well as privilege to lecture at county institutes on the difficult art of teaching pupils to think. This led to the request that the lectures be thrown into permanent form for publication. The lecturer who never publishes has no pet theories to defend; he can change his views as often as he sees fit; yet, in spite of this advantage, he cannot always escape or ignore the art of printing. One who gives his thoughts to the public without the use of manuscript and under the limitations of extemporaneous speech, made necessary by the large audiences which gather at teachers institutes, especially in Pennsylvania, runs the risk of being misquoted and misunderstood; he pays the penalty of being reported in fragmentary if not distorted forms. This ultimately drives him, in justice to himself and others, to write out his theories on education and to give them to his coworkers in print. Portions of these lectures were delivered at the annual meeting of the superintendents of New England, before the State teachers associations of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Florida, before the Connecticut Council of Education, before the summer schools held under the auspices of the Ohio State University and the University of Wisconsin, and at several of the meetings of the National Educational Association. The favorable hearing accorded on these occasions induces the hope that the lectures will be kindly received by many who teach outside[10] of Pennsylvania, and by some who give instruction in our higher institutions of learning. Although no one can hope, on so difficult a theme, to say much that will be entirely satisfactory to leading educators, surely no apology is needed from any one who, after spending his best years in educational work, attempts to contribute his mite towards the solution of any of the problems which confront the teacher. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 60893
Author: Schaeffer, Nathan Christ
Release Date: Dec 10, 2019
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Editor: Brumbaugh, Martin Grove, 1862-1930