Work and Play in Girls' Schools

Work and Play in Girls' Schools - By Three Head Mistresses

The book is divided into three Sections, and each of the writers is responsible only for her own part, and yet I hope it will not be merely a composite book; all the contributors are members of the teaching staff of the Cheltenham Ladies College, or have at some time formed part of it, and now, as then, there is I believe a unity of purpose, which will give harmony to the work. The book is intended to be a practical one, helpful chiefly to teachers in our large Secondary Schools; the limits imposed compel us (1) to deal more with methods than the underlying principles; (2) to isolate more or less the influences of the school from those of the manifold environment, which are at the same time forming the body, mind and character of the child, and which seem to make the school-life of relatively small moment; (3) we have to treat only of a few years of life; for, like the bird of the fable, the soul of the child comes to us often from some unknown region, stays for a while in[vi] our banqueting hall, and then passes again into the darkness. Yet I suppose the experience of most of us bears witness to the great importance of the school-life as one of the factors in the development of a soul. The atmosphere, the discipline, the life of the school is so potent, that the word education has been often limited to the school period, and the pupils of an Aristotle, an Ascham, an Arnold, speak of their teachers as having given them a new life. Our work is not insignificant, and our earnest study must be by instruction and discipline, by what Plato calls music and gymnastic, to promote the harmonious development of the character; to bring our children into sympathetic relations with the noble and the good of all ages; to lead them into the possession of that good land, flowing with milk and honey, the spiritual inheritance of humanity. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 65635
Author: Beale, Dorothea
Release Date: Jun 17, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Contributor (Author): Dove, J. F. (Jane Frances), 1847-1942, Soulsby, Lucy Helen Muriel, 1856-1927