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... with a heaven - born genius , you teach him to draw ; and you know that
whatever his natural gifts may be , he will be all the better 62 F . L . pro tanto , for
knowing something about the best things THE TEACHER AND HIS ASSISTANTS
XII!
... with a heaven - born genius , you teach him to draw ; and you know that
whatever his natural gifts may be , he will be all the better 62 F . L . pro tanto , for
knowing something about the best things THE TEACHER AND HIS ASSISTANTS
XII!
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... teacher into a good one , a good one into a finished and accomplished artist ,
and even those who are least qualified by nature into serviceable helpers , then
we shall need no better vindication of the course on which we are about to enter .
... teacher into a good one , a good one into a finished and accomplished artist ,
and even those who are least qualified by nature into serviceable helpers , then
we shall need no better vindication of the course on which we are about to enter .
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... better ; and that it is part of the duty of every one who enters the profession to
magnify his office , to look on each of the problems before him in as many lights
as possible ; and to try by his own independent experiments to make the path of ...
... better ; and that it is part of the duty of every one who enters the profession to
magnify his office , to look on each of the problems before him in as many lights
as possible ; and to try by his own independent experiments to make the path of ...
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The more these underlying truths are brought to light the better ; and it is
satisfactory to know that the University has made other and very effective
provision for the discussion both of the philosophy and the history of the teacher '
s work .
The more these underlying truths are brought to light the better ; and it is
satisfactory to know that the University has made other and very effective
provision for the discussion both of the philosophy and the history of the teacher '
s work .
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... of civilizing and softening the manners is habitually lost . And a school whose
work is always done on a low tone , is one in which not only is the teacher
healthier , and better able to economize the resources of his own life , but as a
place 2 - 2.
... of civilizing and softening the manners is habitually lost . And a school whose
work is always done on a low tone , is one in which not only is the teacher
healthier , and better able to economize the resources of his own life , but as a
place 2 - 2.
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| Title | Lectures on Teaching Delivered in the University of Cambridge During the Lent Term, 1880 |
| Author | Sir Joshua Girling Fitch |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1881 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 9 Apr 2007 |
| Length | 436 pages |
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