GENERAL METHOD IN EDUCATION
THE ELEMENTS OF GENERAL METHOD
BASED ON THE IDEAS OF HERBART
By CHARLES A. McMURRY
New edition, revised and enlarged. Cloth. 12mo. 331 pp.
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This volume discusses fully the controlling principles of our progressive modern education, such as The Aim of Education; The Materials and Sources of Moral Training; The Relative Value of Studies in the School Course; The Nature and Value of Interest as a Vital Element in Instruction; The Correlation of Studies; Inductive and Deductive Processes as Fundamental to All Thinking; Apperception, its Close and Constant Application to the Process of Learning; The Will, its Training and Function and its Close Relation to Other Forms of Mental Action.
The book closes with an account of Herbart and his disciples in Germany, and a summary of their pronounced ideas and influence upon education.
THE METHOD OF THE RECITATION
New edition, revised and enlarged
By CHARLES A. McMURRY and FRANK M. McMURRY
Cloth. 12mo. 339 pp. 90 cents net, postage 10 cents
This book, as a whole, is designed to simplify, organize, and illustrate the chief principles of class-room method in elementary schools. A few important fundamental principles are carefully worked out as a basis. The essential steps, in the acquisition of knowledge in all studies, are worked out and applied to different branches. The developing method of instruction so much used in the oral treatment of lessons is worked out, and the method of careful and suitable questioning discussed.
Two chapters are given, consisting of Illustrative Lessons selected from the different studies and worked out in full, as examples of a right method. In these examples, and also in the discussions, the application of the principles of apperception, interest, induction, and deduction to class-room work are shown. The peculiar application of these various principles to different studies is carefully discussed.
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