. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects. 58 ENTOMOLOGICAL grub, pupa and beetle (Passalus Cornutus). The logical expression of the seqnenceB in the development in insect life, if repeated frequently, will become one of habit, and will tell powerfully in many other ways. Not long ago the Principal of one of our larg- est Model Schools stated to me during a con- versation, that almost invariably he could pick out the teachers-in-traiDing under him who had received a science training in the High Schools. Science-trained pupils could develop a lesson alon
. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects. 58 ENTOMOLOGICAL grub, pupa and beetle (Passalus Cornutus). The logical expression of the seqnenceB in the development in insect life, if repeated frequently, will become one of habit, and will tell powerfully in many other ways. Not long ago the Principal of one of our larg- est Model Schools stated to me during a con- versation, that almost invariably he could pick out the teachers-in-traiDing under him who had received a science training in the High Schools. Science-trained pupils could develop a lesson along natural lines in proper logical order, so that they were thoroughly pedagogical in all their work. 5. Let the study of insects be one of relaxation from the more arduous duties of the school. The pupil must never have " Examin- ations " on the subject, else the knowledge of facts will soon be con- sidered by pupils the chief aim of the study. Even the observations to be made must be incidental, just as the quettions must be informal. The child mind craves for in- formal instruction along such lines, and " the school becomes a delight- ful place, and the teacher an angel of ; When? The amount of time allotted to this study should not be much. Let it creep in whenever the teacher feels that there is a need of relax- Fig. 32, transformations of a Dragon-Fly. ation, or when he has material for a good lesson. Some have advocated devoting a period- to the work on Friday afternoons, but I would not limit the period to any particular time. It should not appear at all in the programme of studies. The youngest child]is not too young to make observations and to try to give Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Entomological Society of Ontario; Ontario. Dept. of Agric
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