Author: Philip Boswood Ballard

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9781230368146

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... yet another kind of general training, both intellectual and moral, which is supposed to be afforded by handwork. It is said to cultivate such qualities as accuracy, neatness, thoroughness, the "spirit of work," the "spirit of craftsmanship," and so forth. In what sense, if any, is this true? Bagley, in his book on "The Educative Process," deals with some of these qualities. He gives an instance of neatness in arithmetic not being transferred to other subjects. He points out that these qualities are sometimes transferred to provinces other than those in which they are acquired, and sometimes they are not. When transference does take place it is due, he contends, to the fact that a general ideal has been formed in the pupil's mind. A boy who has been trained to do neat handwork will not write neatly in consequence unless he consciously forms a general ideal of neatness in penmanship. There is, in fact, a family of habits of neatness--one for each separate kind of activity--and an ideal of neatness is the father of the family. Professor Henderson analyses the case more thoroughly.1 He shows that "Neatness is a definite quality, tested by a definite criticism, and demanded by a definite type of situation. The detailed factors of the quality differ from case to case, but there is always sameness in the fundamental factors." These fundamental factors comprise cleanliness (the absence of matter out of place), and such orderly arrangement as favours easy inspection and gives esthetic satisfaction. To secure neat effects certain modes of procedure must be habitually adopted. In fact neatness resolves itself into certain habits of procedure, which are of varying degrees of generality. Indeed the ideal itself...

Download or read book Handwork As an Educational Medium written by Philip Boswood Ballard and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... yet another kind of general training, both intellectual and moral, which is supposed to be afforded by handwork. It is said to cultivate such qualities as accuracy, neatness, thoroughness, the "spirit of work," the "spirit of craftsmanship," and so forth. In what sense, if any, is this true? Bagley, in his book on "The Educative Process," deals with some of these qualities. He gives an instance of neatness in arithmetic not being transferred to other subjects. He points out that these qualities are sometimes transferred to provinces other than those in which they are acquired, and sometimes they are not. When transference does take place it is due, he contends, to the fact that a general ideal has been formed in the pupil's mind. A boy who has been trained to do neat handwork will not write neatly in consequence unless he consciously forms a general ideal of neatness in penmanship. There is, in fact, a family of habits of neatness--one for each separate kind of activity--and an ideal of neatness is the father of the family. Professor Henderson analyses the case more thoroughly.1 He shows that "Neatness is a definite quality, tested by a definite criticism, and demanded by a definite type of situation. The detailed factors of the quality differ from case to case, but there is always sameness in the fundamental factors." These fundamental factors comprise cleanliness (the absence of matter out of place), and such orderly arrangement as favours easy inspection and gives esthetic satisfaction. To secure neat effects certain modes of procedure must be habitually adopted. In fact neatness resolves itself into certain habits of procedure, which are of varying degrees of generality. Indeed the ideal itself...