The Vitalized School

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SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION OF OHIO
AUTHOR OF “THE EVOLUTION OF THE TEACHER” “THE HIGH SCHOOL PROBLEM” “REVERIES OF A SCHOOLMASTER”
New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1918
Copyright, 1917, By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Published February, 1917. Reprinted January, 1918.
The thoughtful observer must have noted in the recent past many indications of an awakened interest both in the concept of education and in school procedure on the part of school officials, teachers, and the public. Educators have been developing pedagogical principles that strike their roots deep into the philosophy of life, and now their pronouncements are invading the consciousness of people of all ranks and causing them to realize more and more that the school process is an integral part of the life process and not something detached from life.
The following pages constitute an attempt to interpret some of the school processes in terms of life processes, and to suggest ways in which these processes may be made identical.
It is hoped that teachers who may read these pages may find running through them a strand of optimism that will give them increased faith in their own powers, a larger hope for the future of the school, and an access of zeal to press valiantly forward in their efforts to excel themselves.
F. B. P.
Columbus, Ohio, January, 1917.
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