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Indeed it may well be doubted whether at the present stage of our educational
experience any body of rules whatever could be safely formulated and declared
to be the best . Nor is it certain , even though the best conceivable methods could
...
Indeed it may well be doubted whether at the present stage of our educational
experience any body of rules whatever could be safely formulated and declared
to be the best . Nor is it certain , even though the best conceivable methods could
...
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to look in succession at each of the principal problems they will have to solve ; to
consider what subjects have to be taught , and what are the reasons for teaching
them ; and so by bringing together a few of the plainer results of experience to ...
to look in succession at each of the principal problems they will have to solve ; to
consider what subjects have to be taught , and what are the reasons for teaching
them ; and so by bringing together a few of the plainer results of experience to ...
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Experience it is true is a good school , but the fees are high , and the course is
apt to be long and tedious . And it is . a great part of the economy of life to know
how to turn to profitable account the accumulated experience of others . I know
few ...
Experience it is true is a good school , but the fees are high , and the course is
apt to be long and tedious . And it is . a great part of the economy of life to know
how to turn to profitable account the accumulated experience of others . I know
few ...
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The truth in regard to the office of a teacher is that which Bacon has set forth in its
application to the larger work of life , “ Studies perfect nature and are perfected by
experience : for natural abilities are like natural plants that need pruning by ...
The truth in regard to the office of a teacher is that which Bacon has set forth in its
application to the larger work of life , “ Studies perfect nature and are perfected by
experience : for natural abilities are like natural plants that need pruning by ...
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... extent supervise the actual professional practice of her sons and daughters , or
follow them into the schoolroom , the laboratory and the home , to see how well
they do their work , and lay to heart the lessons which experience has to teach .
... extent supervise the actual professional practice of her sons and daughters , or
follow them into the schoolroom , the laboratory and the home , to see how well
they do their work , and lay to heart the lessons which experience has to teach .
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