A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education

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Author

Gall, James, 1784?-1874

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Produced by Barbara Kosker, Nick Wall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

LB: Education: Theory and practice of education

Subject

Education

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eBook-No.

27790

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27790

Release Date

January 13, 2009

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A
2. 2.PRACTICAL ENQUIRY — INTO — THE PHILOSOPHY — OF — EDUCATION. — BY JAMES GALL, — INVENTOR OF THE TRIANGULAR ALPHABET FOR THE BLIND; AND AUTHOR OF THE "END AND ESSENCE OF SABBATH SCHOOL TEACHING," &c. — EDINBURGH: JAMES GALL & SON, 24, NIDDRY STREET. LONDON: HOULSTON & STONEMAN, 65, PATERNOSTER-ROW. GLASGOW; GEORGE GALLIE. BELFAST: WILLIAM M'COMB. MDCCCXL
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS — PRACTICAL ENQUIRY, &c.
5. 5.PART I.
6. 6.ON THE PRELIMINARY OBJECTS NECESSARY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION. — CHAP. I. — On the Importance of establishing the Science of Education on a solid Foundation. — CHAP. II. — On the Cultivation of Education as a Science. — CHAP. III. — On the Improvement of Teaching as an Art. — CHAP. IV. — On the Establishment of Sound Principles in Education.
7. 7.PART II.
8. 8.ON THE GREAT DESIGN OF NATURE'S TEACHING, AND THE METHODS SHE EMPLOYS IN CARRYING IT ON. — CHAP. I. — A Comprehensive View of the several Educational Processes carried on by Nature. — CHAP. II. — On the Method employed by Nature for cultivating the Powers of the Mind. — FOOTNOTES: — CHAP. III. — On the Means by which Nature enables her Pupils to acquire Knowledge. — FOOTNOTES: — CHAP. IV. — On Nature's Method of communicating Knowledge to the Young by the Principle of Reiteration. — FOOTNOTES: — CHAP. V. — On the Acquisition of Knowledge by the Principle of Individuation. — CHAP. VI. — On the Application of Knowledge by the Principle of Association, or Grouping. — CHAP. VII. — On the Acquisition of Knowledge by the Principle of Analysis, or Classification. — FOOTNOTES: — CHAP. VIII. — On Nature's Methods of Teaching her Pupils to make use of their Knowledge. — CHAP. IX. — On Nature's Methods of Applying Knowledge by the Principle of the Animal, or Common Sense. — FOOTNOTES: — CHAP. X. — On Nature's Method of applying Knowledge by means of the Moral Sense, or Conscience. — CHAP. XI. — On Nature's Method of Training her Pupils to Communicate their Knowledge. — FOOTNOTES: — CHAP. XII. — Recapitulation of the Philosophical Principles developed in the previous Chapters.
9. 9.PART III. — ON THE METHODS BY WHICH THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESSES OF NATURE MAY BE SUCCESSFULLY IMITATED. — CHAP. I. — On the Exercises by which Nature may be imitated in cultivating the Powers of the Mind. — FOOTNOTES: — CHAP. II. — On the Methods by which Nature may be imitated in the Pupil's Acquisition of Knowledge; with a Review of the Analogy between the Mental and Physical Appetites of the Young. — CHAP. III. — How Nature may be imitated in Communicating Knowledge to the Pupil, by the Reiteration of Ideas. — FOOTNOTES: — CHAP. IV. — On the Means by which Nature may be imitated in Exercising the Principle of Individuation. — FOOTNOTES: — CHAP. V. — On the Means by which Nature may be imitated in Applying the Principle of Grouping, or Association. — FOOTNOTES: — CHAP. VI. — On the Methods by which Nature may be imitated in Communicating Knowledge by Classification, or Analysis. — FOOTNOTES: — CHAP. VII. — On the Imitation of Nature in Teaching the Practical Use of Knowledge. — CHAP. VIII. — On the Imitation of Nature in Teaching the Use of Knowledge by means of the Animal or Common Sense. — FOOTNOTES: — CHAP. IX. — On the Imitation of Nature in Teaching the Practical Use of Knowledge by means of the Moral Sense, or Conscience. — FOOTNOTES: — CHAP. X. — On the Application of our Knowledge to the Common Affairs of Life. — FOOTNOTES: — CHAP. XI. — On the Imitation of Nature, in training her Pupils fluently to communicate their Knowledge. — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.PART IV.
11. 11.ON THE SELECTION OF PROPER TRUTHS AND SUBJECTS TO BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES. — CHAP. I. — On the General Principles which ought to regulate our choice of Truths and Subjects to be taught to the Young. — FOOTNOTES: — CHAP. II. — On the particular Branches of Education required for Elementary Schools. — FOOTNOTES: — CHAP III. — On the Easiest Methods of Introducing these Principles, for the first time, into Schools already established. — FOOTNOTES: — THE END. — NOTES — THE END.

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