Teaching elementary school subjects . himself by inductive meth-ods the reasons that lie back of his seed selection, com breed-ing, soil treatment, and cultivation. It merely needs empha-sis here that practical projects of this sort may be carriedon in the name of education with no very large returns edu-cationally unless the method of instruction is carefully ar-ranged so as to insure not merely manual labor and the appH-cation of modern methods, but also drill in the scientificmethod of thinking. The Project.—The practical project, or problem, is emi-nently worth while in all nature-study wo
Teaching elementary school subjects . himself by inductive meth-ods the reasons that lie back of his seed selection, com breed-ing, soil treatment, and cultivation. It merely needs empha-sis here that practical projects of this sort may be carriedon in the name of education with no very large returns edu-cationally unless the method of instruction is carefully ar-ranged so as to insure not merely manual labor and the appH-cation of modern methods, but also drill in the scientificmethod of thinking. The Project.—The practical project, or problem, is emi-nently worth while in all nature-study work. Indeed, it isdifficult to see how the pupil is to be taught to think—andthat is our major aim—unless he has an interesting projectto think about. In the lower grades, where training in accu-racy of observation is the large aim, acquaintance with theanimals, plants, and minerals of the region is project enough,especially if collections can be made of some of these thingsaccording to individual tastes. But in the upper grades. Fourth-grade garden activities. Elementary school, University of Chicago
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