Report of the Committee of Fifteen Read at the Cleveland Meeting of the Department of Superintendence, February 19-21, 1884, with the Debate
by William Torrey Harris
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About this eBook
- Author
- Tarbell, H. S. (Horace Sumner), 1838-1904
- Credits
- Produced by Charlene Taylor, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- LB: Education: Theory and practice of education
- Subject
- Education, Elementary -- United States
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 52292
- Release Date
- June 10, 2016
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF FIFTEEN BY W. T. HARRIS, LL. D., A. S. DRAPER, LL. D., AND H. S. TARBELL READ AT THE CLEVELAND MEETING OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SUPERINTENDENCE, FEBRUARY 19-21, 1895, WITH THE DEBATE
- 2.Autogenerated TOC.
- 3.CORRELATION OF STUDIES IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. BY W. T. HARRIS, LL. D. — I. CORRELATION OF STUDIES. — 1. Logical order of topics and branches. — 2. Symmetrical whole of studies in the world of human learning. — 3. Psychological symmetry—the whole mind. — 4. Correlation of pupil’s course of study with the world in which he lives—his spiritual and natural environment. — II. THE COURSE OF STUDY—EDUCATIONAL VALUES. — A. Language studies. — B. Arithmetic. — C. Geography. — D. History. — E. Other branches. — The difference between elementary and secondary studies. — Correlation by synthesis of studies. — III. THE SCHOOL PROGRAMME. — Amount of time for each branch. — IV. METHODS AND ORGANIZATION.
- 4.Organization for City School Systems. BY PRESIDENT ANDREW S. DRAPER.
- 5.On the Training of Teachers. BY SUPERINTENDENT H. S. TARBELL, PROVIDENCE. — Conditions for professional training—age and attainments. — Training schools. — Academic studies. — Professional work. — Relative time. — Science of teaching—psychology. — Study of children. — Methodology. — School economy. — History of education. — Training in teaching. — The practice-school. — Length of training-school course. — Tests of success. — Training of teachers for secondary schools. — The science of teaching. — The art of teaching. — Post-graduate year.
- 6.Dissent from Dr. Harris’ Report. BY JAMES M. GREENWOOD, OF KANSAS CITY. — Arithmetic — History of the United States. — The spelling-book. — BY CHARLES B. GILBERT, OF ST. PAUL. — BY L. H. JONES, OF CLEVELAND. — BY WILLIAM H. MAXWELL, OF BROOKLYN.
- 7.Dissent from Dr. Draper’s Report. BY EDWIN P. SEAVER, BOSTON. — BY ALBERT G. LANE, CHICAGO.
- 8.Discussion on Report of Dr. Harris. — Transcriber's Note:
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