Show the direction of Superintendent Edward A Sheldon in i860 Sheldon worried about the method of teaching carried on Since the time first Oswego Board of at that Education had been organized in the mind that the subjects being presented failed to leave of the learner a clear perception of the truths inculcated ‘During this same I in 1853 he sensed I i year Sheldon made a tour of inspection of the Toronto school system and was amazed to find the solution to his problems While in Toronto where English Pestalozzeanism was known and i used Sheldon visited an educational museum where he saw an appealing exhibit of collections of pictures color charts and object teaching methods employed by Charles and Elizabeth Mayo of the Home and Colonial Training College in London three hundred dollars in them some visit Shortly after this he invested of these materials he then submitted to the board of education obtained their approval and im- - mediately put into operation a new course of study o object teaching methods were well publicized and The Oswego exploited and exerted an important influence on educational methodology throughout the United States influence of the West Much educational progress resulted Oswego movement was Eby and Arrowood have observed students were boundless and the particularly felt in the that the new method was n enthusiasm” of Middle its carried by them to parts of the country Frederick Charles F Arrowood The History and Philosophy of Education Ancient and Medieval (New Yorks Prentice-Ha- ll Inc 1940) p 676-6- 77 Eby and the all |