Elements of practical pedagogy

Elements Of Practical Pedagogy CONTENTS  INTRODUCTION.  Nature and objects of Pedagogy xxi  Importance of Pedagogy. Divisions of this book xxii  PART I.— EDUCATION.  CHAPTER I.  GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ON EDUCATION.  I. Necessity and Excellence i  Education is an indispensable and meritorious work. Means of education. Unity and complexity of education.  II. General Principles of Education 3  CHAPTER II.  PHYSICAL EDUCATION.  I. Physical Activity: its necessity 4  II. Hygienic Precautions 4  School hygiene. Precautions against contagious diseases.  CHAPTER III.  INTELLECTUAL EDUCATION.  I. Hygiene and Education of the Senses 6  Its object. Education of sight, hearing, taste, and touch.  II. Attention 8  Nature and importance of attention and reflection. Means of exciting and developing attention.  III. Memory 9  Qualities of a good memory. Exercise of the memory.  IV. Association of Ideas 11  Principles. Practical counsels.  V. Imagination: its discipline 13  VI. Judgment and Reasoning 14  Ideas, judgments; good sense, reasoning — inductive and deductive.  CHAPTER IV.  EDUCATION OF THE MORAL SENSIBILITY.  I. General Notions  Inclinations, feelings, passions. 16  II. Training of the Moral Inclinations 18  Personal, social, higher.  CHAPTER V.  TRAINING OF CONSCIENCE.  Importance and Necessity of Forming the Conscience. End to be Attained. Means to be Employed 22  CHAPTER VI.  EDUCATION OF THE WILL.  I. End to be Attained 24  The will should influence the whole man: physical activity, senses, imagination, attention, memory, inclinations, and character. II. Means to be Employed 26  General rules. Particular applications.  CHAPTER VII.  RELIGIOUS EDUCATION.  I. End to be Attained 28 The development and strengthening of religious convictions and Christian virtues. II. Means 29 Instruction, example, supernatural spirit.  PART II.— THE SCHOOL AND ITS ORGANIZATION.  CHAPTER I.  MATERIAL ORGANIZATION.  I. School Premises 31  Position of schools. Size of the class-room.  II. Fu