Outlines of Child Study: A Manual for Parents and Teachers

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Page ii - THE MACMILLAN COMPANY HEW YORK • BOSTON • CHICAGO • DALLAS ATLANTA • SAN FRANCISCO MACMILLAN & CO.. LIMITED LONDON • BOMBAY • CALCUTTA MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN CO. OP CANADA, LTD. TORONTO LABOR AND DEMOCRACY BY WILLIAM L.
Page xiii - SECOND EDITION. Since the appearance of the first edition of this book...
Page 5 - ... absolutely essential that he be directed in his actions. Obedience is the means by which the older, more experienced person guides the child and protects him against the dangers of impulsive action. Yet obedience is not to be cultivated as being in itself an end of our training. It must be considered an instrument through which the child is led to discover standards of conduct outside of his own impulses and untrained desires. He is to pass from blind impulse and whims to the guidance of personal...
Page 8 - ... and new resolutions. We seek to prevent wrongdoing by a variety of means; but when it does occur, as it will, we should direct our attention to the child's weaknesses and temptations, and seek to overcome these, rather than to deal with the offense or with the resulting damage as the important thing. The need for punishment arises usually in our failure to understand the child's impulses and reasoning. With our superior strength we should impose penalties only for the benefit of the child and...
Page 181 - Company, 1919. fOn the other hand, he tells us that loud noises will produce the reaction of fear in very young children. As the lightning is usually followed by thunder, the flash itself is soon reacted to by fear on the principle of the conditioned reflex. Watson, John B.: Practical and Theoretical Problems in Instinct and Habits in Suggestions of Modern Science Concerning Education.
Page 141 - The Personalities of the Socially and the Mechanically Inclined", Psychological Monographs.
Page 82 - GOODSELL, Willystine. The history of the family as a social and educational institution.
Page vii - The arrangement is topical; and each topic is presented by (1) a statement of the general state of knowledge of the topic, (2) an outline which lists the detailed facts and problems concerning which there is information available, and (3) a list of helpfully graded references, ranging from attractive popular articles to technical monographs.
Page 122 - till strongly intrenched, hut the modern languages are gaining in favor. Methods of teaching are frequently Inefficient, but better methods are gaining ground. 935. Hall, G. Stanley. Some psychological aspects of teaching modern languages.
Page 53 - They should therefore be cultivated for the values which play yields. The pursuit of a hobby stimulates effort, opens up lines of interest and maintains enthusiasms when there is nothing to do but work. It serves as a means for unifying many diverse interests and efforts, and to widen the sympathies by giving experience in the field of varied pursuits and interests.

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