“Mr Mackenzie is original and daring in some of his suggestions.”
+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p549 O 9 ’19 200w
MACKIE, RANSOM A. Education during adolescence. *$2 Dutton 373
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“Basing his arguments very largely on Stanley Hall’s ‘Educational problems,’ the author proceeds to describe what are the essentials of a high school curriculum.” (Cleveland) “In the introduction, Dr Hall states that interest is the very Holy Ghost of education and so-called formal studies and methods of discipline are largely a delusion and a snare. They make degenerate mental tissue. In chapter I the author states that the purpose of education, based not only on the needs of society but also on the needs of the adolescent, are, according to Dr Hall, ‘to train character, to suggest, to awaken, to graft interest, to give range and loftiness of sentiment of view, to broaden knowledge, and to bring everything into touch with life.’ During this age every effort possible should be made to ‘fill and develop mind, heart, soul, and body,’ especially with a view to vocational training. Such training demands vitalized and humanized materials of education and methods of instruction.” (School R)
“A good summary written with forceful simplicity.”
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Reviewed by Paul Shorey
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