. "Our county and its people" : A history of Hampden County, ranged in the natural order, if the object was toteach elementaiy truth, in the logical order if the object was toteach scientific truth. The principal in the .meantime was study-ing and teaching psychology mainly in the lines of Hamilton, ( 280 ) sTATi-j ,\i:mai. school and cVdlvini; some general principles of teaeliini;. I Lis .severelylogieal niiiul and eoneise style weie adapted to this work. Iheessential trntlisof mental aelivity iipmi wliieli all true teacluni;tlepends are pi-inciples of teaeliinu. Ilie expositi
. "Our county and its people" : A history of Hampden County, ranged in the natural order, if the object was toteach elementaiy truth, in the logical order if the object was toteach scientific truth. The principal in the .meantime was study-ing and teaching psychology mainly in the lines of Hamilton, ( 280 ) sTATi-j ,\i:mai. school and cVdlvini; some general principles of teaeliini;. I Lis .severelylogieal niiiul and eoneise style weie adapted to this work. Iheessential trntlisof mental aelivity iipmi wliieli all true teacluni;tlepends are pi-inciples of teaeliinu. Ilie exposition and appliea-tion of these principles constitute tlie ])hilosopliy of teacliiiifi. Tile Westtield school now lieuan to liase all its teaidiini; onclearly eiiuiieiated principles; this, hitherto, it is helieved. iiadnever been att<mpte<l with like oriuinality and t lioiouiihness inany normal school in the counti-y. That the philosophy ofteachinir here evolved was complete or perfect, noni of itsframeis would ever claim, hut here was a philosophy that in one. Seliool Building, 18(iO normal school put an end to mere empirical haphazard modes ofprocedure. There had been much genuine teaching of the ele-ments of tin connnon and of the objects of nature be-fore; but it hail been mingled with, and marred by. the misuseof books and the continued use of traditional but incorrectmethods. Now. whether an object or a subject was the thing taught,principles were recognized in its teaching. For instance, inteaching a geometrical form, the form was presented to the pupil,not words describing it ; the pupil was led to study it for himself ( 281 ) OLE COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE under the guidance of tlie teacher, to express his ideas orally orin writing, and was then led to secure correct expressions of hisideas, if his expressions were incorrect. In learning a generaltruth the method was the same. The pupil learned the specifictruths that led to it by his own observation and thoug
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