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...same undergraduate in different courses and in different years. He has read 200 examination papers sent from England. This work has been carried on with a view to finding where lies the heaviest burden of fault, on the college, preparatory, or grammar school; and the mistakes in Harvard's method of teaching English...
...ninth and last course of lectures at the Lowell Institute will be given by Bertrand Russell, M. A., F. R. S., of Trinity College Cambridge, England. The subject is "Scientific Method in Philosophy," and the first lecture, on the special topic "Diversity of Recent Tendencies in Philosophy," will be given tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. It is open to the public...
...sides of the business were apt to complete their knowledge when they were too old, or too inelastic and lacking in enterprise and resourcefulness, to be given important executive positions. 'Business,' which was giving the only 'full course' in preparation for the profession of business, confessed that its own method of teaching was not a success...
Here may be seen the great power of the teacher, to mould the character of the pupil. There are necessarily two ways by which this influence may be exerted, the paternal and the fraternal method of instruction. In the paternalistic method of education, the teacher does not impart the end of his instruction to the pupil. He assumes that he knows what is best for the child, and aims his instruction toward these ends, but their nature he does not explain to the child. The fraternalistic method of instruction where the reasons for education are imparted to the educated should...
...twenty-third annual meeting and dinner of the Harvard Teachers' Association will take place today. This year's meeting will not touch upon the scientific study of educational problems and questions of method, but will be devoted to the personal elements in education, the contact between teacher and pupil...