Author: Alexis Everett Frye

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-15

Total Pages: 87

ISBN-13: 9781330093511

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Excerpt from Geography Manual: Elementary and Higher No wide-awake teacher of to-day wastes his own time and that of his pupils by forcing them to memorize the exact words of a text-book. Such work is not teaching, and is not worth the smallest salary paid in the poorest school district. The pupil who studies the text of a lesson and then expresses the thoughts in his own words becomes master of the lesson. A pupil who merely recites parrot-like the words of the text may not have grasped a single thought, what a cruel waste of energy would result from trying to fix the exact words in mind for a day or at most for a week! No teacher really believes in such work, for no teacher ever takes the trouble to force himself to memorize the text. The teacher who drives his pupils to this task does not seem to know how to teach them to grasp an author's meaning. He thinks the meaning must be in the words and that the pupils must swallow them. Definitions. - Of what use are definitions of hills, rivers, etc.? In daily life do we ever use them? Must a child define in order to know? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Geography Manual written by Alexis Everett Frye and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Geography Manual: Elementary and Higher No wide-awake teacher of to-day wastes his own time and that of his pupils by forcing them to memorize the exact words of a text-book. Such work is not teaching, and is not worth the smallest salary paid in the poorest school district. The pupil who studies the text of a lesson and then expresses the thoughts in his own words becomes master of the lesson. A pupil who merely recites parrot-like the words of the text may not have grasped a single thought, what a cruel waste of energy would result from trying to fix the exact words in mind for a day or at most for a week! No teacher really believes in such work, for no teacher ever takes the trouble to force himself to memorize the text. The teacher who drives his pupils to this task does not seem to know how to teach them to grasp an author's meaning. He thinks the meaning must be in the words and that the pupils must swallow them. Definitions. - Of what use are definitions of hills, rivers, etc.? In daily life do we ever use them? Must a child define in order to know? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.