| Show GEMS OF THOUGHTS the sentiments expressed at alie recent con teachers the attention of young children should be attracted not forced to the lesson calkins practical illustrations should precede theoretical explanations interest is the only commodity for which a pupil can pay willing attention 0 IT practice before principle and principle before rule the very essence and root of the work of tha room lie in the pupils not the teacher if the power to do hard work is not talent it is the best possible substitute for it train houi pupils to do exactly what you request them to do no bore and no less calkins let your own life and work he worthy of meditation by your pupils calkins A pupil will pursue a subject either as a pleasure or as an irksome task j ast in proportion to the teachers clear ness of presentation and adaptation of it to the pupils understanding A true method of teaching will by the constant exhibition of its results lorce itself into adoption school machinery is not for the purpose of exhibiting its beauty or perfection but to train pupils to become men and women the objective point in an education is the development and culture of tle mind kellogg the true development of the mind can only be obtained by ais voluntary activity have children assist in making rules for the school as they will be more willing to obey rules made by themselves than by the teacher alone ahat should be the qualifications of of a teacher there is no greater discovery a teacher can make than this that in teaching method is everything in other words it is not what is taught that distinguishes the teacher but it is how he teaches in teaching ask questions that require more reflective than answers proper exercise of any bodily organ or any power of the mind increases its strength law of human development never crowd the mind of alie pupil with more than it can digest the great duty of the teachers of this age is to know all clift great things that have been discovered by the teachers and thinkers of the past and to reconcile them into a science of teaching parker kever allow a child to give a thought until he gets and understands it par jeer |
