Lectures on Teaching Delivered in the University of Cambridge During the Lent Term, 1880 |
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... shew itself in your teaching ; that you falter and speak less positively , and that your scholar who shews curious acuteness in discerning whether you are speaking from a full mind or not finds out the truth directly , and so your ...
... shew itself in your teaching ; that you falter and speak less positively , and that your scholar who shews curious acuteness in discerning whether you are speaking from a full mind or not finds out the truth directly , and so your ...
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... shews them that seriousness of purpose need not mean dulness , and that the possession of learning is not incompatible with a true enjoyment of life . We must not forget that to a little child the teacher is the possessor of ...
... shews them that seriousness of purpose need not mean dulness , and that the possession of learning is not incompatible with a true enjoyment of life . We must not forget that to a little child the teacher is the possessor of ...
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... shew an interest in it , recognize it as a proper and necessary employment of time , and indeed can play heartily themselves when the proper occasion comes . Many of the influences which surround a teacher's life have a special tendency ...
... shew an interest in it , recognize it as a proper and necessary employment of time , and indeed can play heartily themselves when the proper occasion comes . Many of the influences which surround a teacher's life have a special tendency ...
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... shew what may be done now and then by a resolute and steady devotion to a particular department of work . It is only by doing so , occasionally , and in doing this , by sacrificing for a time the theory of pro- portion which ought ...
... shew what may be done now and then by a resolute and steady devotion to a particular department of work . It is only by doing so , occasionally , and in doing this , by sacrificing for a time the theory of pro- portion which ought ...
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... shew the scholar his true place in the world in which he has to play his part . This principle is already widely recognised in regard to boys ; but it is for obvious reasons , not so readily admitted in its relation to girls , although ...
... shew the scholar his true place in the world in which he has to play his part . This principle is already widely recognised in regard to boys ; but it is for obvious reasons , not so readily admitted in its relation to girls , although ...
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