BEHAVIORBOND AND FREEQuestions and Exercises
- Discuss the relative importance of environment as a factor in
the behavior of plants; animals; children; men.
- How may an understanding of the mutual reaction of the child
and his environment assist the teacher in planning for character
building in pupils?
- Make specific suggestions by which children may influence their
environment.
- Discuss the vitalized teacher’s contribution to the
environment of the child.
- After reading this chapter give your definition of
“behavior.”
- Discuss the author’s idea of leadership.
- Define education in terms of behavior, environment, and
heredity.
- Account for the difference in behavior of
some of the characters mentioned in the chapter.
- How may the vitalized teacher be distinguished from the
traditional teacher in her attitude toward facts?
- Discuss the doctrine of educational predestination.
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