Report on Education in the Parochial Schools of the Counties of Aberdeen, Banff and Moray: Addressed to the Trustees of the Dick Bequest |
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... slate , the word a picture of which he is to keep in his mind for purposes of spelling . This exercise is equally help- ful in teaching reading , nor is it a matter of great importance whether the child succeeds or not in de- lineating ...
... slate , the word a picture of which he is to keep in his mind for purposes of spelling . This exercise is equally help- ful in teaching reading , nor is it a matter of great importance whether the child succeeds or not in de- lineating ...
Page 79
... slate should be put into every infant's hands on the same day on which he receives his Primer , and the foundation of the art of writing laid by causing him to imitate the printed letters and words of his lessons . As soon as sufficient ...
... slate should be put into every infant's hands on the same day on which he receives his Primer , and the foundation of the art of writing laid by causing him to imitate the printed letters and words of his lessons . As soon as sufficient ...
Page 81
... slate , sustains throughout the whole course of instruc- tion in Writing the intellectual character of the art , and makes it something more than a mere manual trick . The higher stage and final purpose of the art - Writ- ing from ...
... slate , sustains throughout the whole course of instruc- tion in Writing the intellectual character of the art , and makes it something more than a mere manual trick . The higher stage and final purpose of the art - Writ- ing from ...
Page 88
... slate - work in its initiatory stages , relying on the presentation of objects to be numbered . He will see that through mental arithmetic alone he can approach the child naturally , and without a sudden dislocation of the infant ...
... slate - work in its initiatory stages , relying on the presentation of objects to be numbered . He will see that through mental arithmetic alone he can approach the child naturally , and without a sudden dislocation of the infant ...
Page 89
... slate , is to accept the foundation which nature has herself laid . For the teacher to despise this , and to endeavour to rear the edifice of knowledge " in a way of his own , " is to display ignorant pedantry where he ought to exhibit ...
... slate , is to accept the foundation which nature has herself laid . For the teacher to despise this , and to endeavour to rear the edifice of knowledge " in a way of his own , " is to display ignorant pedantry where he ought to exhibit ...
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