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Show THE REVIEW s : Official Organ of the Utah Federation of Womens Clubs. FEICE FIVE $1.00 PBB TBAB. SALT LAKE CITY, MAEOH yOL. HL OHflHERU x. Is it apparent, in all the work, that the teacher's motive is higher than merely to impart knowledge? the object of all Is character-buildin- g discipline as well as of all instruc- tion ? Are the ordinary lessons of the books so spiritualized by the teacher that their effect is always moral and 2. aesthetic ? What has the teacher done to brighten and beautify the school and its surroundings ? To make it more like a home than a prison ? 4. Has the teacher raised the moral tone of the school by her teaching and influence? 5. Is some of todays brightest and best work' done in preparation for that of tomorrow ? Are new lessons assigned in such a way as to make the children wish to come back, as it were, to hear the rest of an interesting story ? 6. Is it clear that the teacher knows her pupils, that she is acquainted with the environment of each one, that she has studied the peculiarities of each one in order to secure from him the highest and best effort of which he is capable ? e and 7. Are the pupils interested in what is going on in the world, outside their own little circle ? 3. . wide-awak- . 1 . Is the chief end of intellectual training to lead children to think for 8. 26, 1898. themselves, or merely to remember what some one else has thought out QUHSTIOflS. for them? school-roo9. Is the noise of the the result of work or disorder? 10. Does the teacher read a good school paper? 11. What means are employed to teach love of country and good citizenship ? What number of pupils use tobacco aud cigarettes? What are the apparent effects of the habit ? 12. Reading. GRADES. NO. .12. Grammar Grades. For the adequate expression of the thought and feeling of a selection, what special pains are taken by the teacher in the way of voice cul- 1. m PRIMARY CElsTTS. i ture? How much time is given to thought analysis, where it is really needed, instead of to the mere repeti- tion of meaningless symbols? 2. . . Is there any attempt on the part of the teacher to give her pupils an abiding taste for real literature? Does the work of the school necessitate the reading of good books outside the school? 3. , What seems to be the teachers purpose in using phonics to help children to make out new words, isolated from the ideas they represent, or to help them to recall by an? alogy, or otherwise, and fix in their minds already learned under the stimulus of intense interest? 2. In addition to the customary what reading from the provision is the teacher making for bringing within the grasp of her pupils minds some.of the worlds greatest thoughts as expressed in its best literature ? 1. . word-form- s, text-boo- k, 3. may be done ? See questions i and mar grades. 2 for gram- Olritlng. Is there any attempt to secure freedom of movement from the very first, or is the main object to secure results that look well, however they may be gotten ? . 1. Is the blackboard and other work of the teacher a model of neat- . 2. ness and correct form? 3. Does the teacher inspect the penmanship of all written exercises, and accept only the best work of her pupils? Does the teacher seem to real- ize that true reading is real thinking? That the mere repetition of words that have no meaning to the child is not reading at all, however well it 4. . Spelling. PRIMARY GRADES. . Is the phonetic spelling a kind of slow pronunciation, or a forced, enunciation of sounds some of which are really not in the words? 2. With the youngest children, 1. GREAT SD WEEKS REMOVAL SALE. of Stock We Will Move about April 21st to Lippman & Nadels Old Stand, One-ha- lf Must be Sold. All Olothing, All Shoes, All Millinery, All. Tinware, AT COST. . |
