Lectures on Teaching Delivered in the University of Cambridge During the Lent Term, 1880 |
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... persons , who have given no special attention to the theory of their art , are curiously alike . There is nothing more monotonous than << ignorance . It is among those who have received no professional preparation , that one finds the ...
... persons , who have given no special attention to the theory of their art , are curiously alike . There is nothing more monotonous than << ignorance . It is among those who have received no professional preparation , that one finds the ...
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... person ruled than in any other profession , it becomes here specially needful to enquire not only what is the character of the work to be done , but what manner of men and women they should be Ample and accurate thing taught . who ...
... person ruled than in any other profession , it becomes here specially needful to enquire not only what is the character of the work to be done , but what manner of men and women they should be Ample and accurate thing taught . who ...
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... person cannot teach a rule of Arith- metic - say division - intelligently , without having himself mastered many advanced rules , nay , without some know- ledge of Algebra as well . Your own experience , if you watch it , will force ...
... person cannot teach a rule of Arith- metic - say division - intelligently , without having himself mastered many advanced rules , nay , without some know- ledge of Algebra as well . Your own experience , if you watch it , will force ...
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... persons are not unfrequently attracted to the profession of teaching because they are not strong , and are studiously inclined . But it ought never to be forgotten that bodily activity is a very valu- able qualification in a teacher and ...
... persons are not unfrequently attracted to the profession of teaching because they are not strong , and are studiously inclined . But it ought never to be forgotten that bodily activity is a very valu- able qualification in a teacher and ...
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... person in any walk of life does much to ennoble and beautify even work which would otherwise be distasteful ; but I know no one calling in which the presence of that conviction is more neces- sary , or its absence more disheartening ...
... person in any walk of life does much to ennoble and beautify even work which would otherwise be distasteful ; but I know no one calling in which the presence of that conviction is more neces- sary , or its absence more disheartening ...
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