The Teachers' Psychology: A Treatise on the Intellectual Faculties, the Order of Their Growth, and the Corresponding Series of Studies by which They are Educated

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E.L. Kellogg & Company, 1889 - Educational psychology - 299 pages
 

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Page 86 - Keech, the butcher's wife, come in then and call me gossip Quickly.'' coming in to borrow a mess of vinegar; telling us she had a good dish of prawns; whereby thou didst desire to eat some; whereby I told thee they were ill for a green wound...
Page 77 - The stag at eve had drunk his fill, Where danced the moon on Monan's rill, And deep his midnight lair had made In lone Glenartney's hazel shade...
Page 96 - He was sprung from a house, ancient indeed and noble, but degraded and impoverished by a series of crimes and follies, which had attained a scandalous publicity. The kinsman whom he succeeded had died poor, and, but for merciful judges, would have died upon the gallows.
Page 86 - Windsor; thou didst swear to me then, as I was washing thy wound, to marry me, and make me my lady thy wife.
Page 22 - L. HUGHES, Inspector Schools, Toronto, Canada. Author of Mistakes in Teaching. Cloth, 116 pp. Price, 50 cents ; to teachers, 40 cents ; by mail, 5 cents extra. This valuable little book has already become widely known to American teachers.
Page 13 - It gives the ideas of a man who is evidently an " educational genius," a man born to understand and expound education. We have few such ; they are worth everything to the human race. 4. It gives a biography of Col. Parker. This will help the teacher of education to comprehend the man and his motives.
Page 11 - This book will afford practical assistance to teachers who wish to keep their work from degenerating into mere routine. It gives them, in convenient form for constant use at the desk, a multitude of new ways in which to present old truths. The great enemy of the teacher is want of interest. Their methods do not attract attention. There is no teaching unless there is attention. The teacher is too apt to think there is but one " way " of teaching spelling ; he thus falls into a rut. Now there are many...
Page 18 - Brooklyn Journal.—" His conception of the teacher is a worthy idea, for all to bear in mind." New England Journal of Education : " This is eminently the work oi a man of wisdom and experience. He takes a broad and comprehensive view of the work of the teacher, and his suggestions on all topics are worthy of the most careful consideration.
Page 117 - He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led.
Page 18 - It is not easy to imagine a more useful volume." Wilmington Every Evening.—" The teacher will find in it a wealth of help and suggestion." Brooklyn Journal.—" His conception of the teacher is a worthy ideal for all to bear in mind.

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