E. A. Kirkpatrick, Fundamentals of Child Study, Chapter IV.
Exercises.
1. What institutions contribute to the education of children?
2. Why has the responsibility of the school increased during the past century?
3. How would you justify compulsory education? Medical examination? Compulsory dental treatment?
4. Why do changed social conditions demand changed methods of instruction as well as a different curriculum?
5. Why does the teacher need to know the home life of the children in her class?
6. What is the significance of parents’ and mothers’ clubs, or any other organization of the teachers and the patrons of the school?
7. Why should teachers participate in the campaign against tuberculosis?
8. Give instances from your own experience of the educative value of play.