Distinguish between a “school teacher” and a
“man or woman who teaches school.”
Discuss the importance of the following agencies of the school
in securing for children “life of a better quality and more
abundant”: play; revitalized curricula; vitalized teachers;
medical inspection; social centers; moral instruction.
Discuss both from the standpoint of present practice and ideal
educational principles: “More abundant life rather than
knowledge is the chief end of instruction.”
What changes are necessary in school curricula and in the
methods of school organization, instruction, and discipline, in
order that the chief purpose of our schools, “more abundant
life,” may be realized?
Justify the apparent length of the school day to teachers and
pupils, as a means of determining the quality of the work of the
school.
Some teachers maintain that school is a preparation for life,
while the author maintains that “school is
life.” Is this difference in the concept of the
school a vital one?
How may this difference of concept affect the work of the
teacher? the attitude of the pupil?
What definition of education will best harmonize with the
ideals of this chapter?