66 THE writer of this book, "by way of apology," gives a lively account of the way in which it came into existence. She had been asked again and again, both by friends and by strangers, to write for them a book about girls. She had many objections to offer, but the result of their arguments was that a short paper by her was printed in The Parents' Review. "That," says Miss Barnett, was the thin end of the wedge; this is the thick, whereby all my reiterated resolutions are broken up." Her subject is the training of girls for work, and she has chapters or essays on the girl's health, on girls' schools, on a girl's character, on household work, on professional work, on professional wages, and on the girls' money. There are also chapters on marriage, and the girls' mothers. The writer has so long been engaged in professional life that her experience lends weight to her judgments, and no one will like them less because of the vivid and entertaining way in which they are expressed. PRESS OPINIONS Times."Entirely without pretence, and dealing only with subjects she understands, Miss Barnett has a healthy scorn of shams and conventionalities, and withal a firm grasp on the realities of life and the responsibilities of conduct, which lends a fine ethical fervour to her blunt and outspoken exhortations." Glasgow Herald.—" No better or more attractive book could be put into the hands of girls who are undecided about their future, or of mothers who want to know how best to provide for the welfare of their daughters." Daily News.-"Miss Barnett has much to say that is worth careful consideration with regard to both the physical and mental aspects of women's training." Daily Chronicle. -"We have formed an opinion of her while reading, from the first to the last, these clear and earnest pages; and we may at once say that whatever she has written and whatever she has done, it would be difficult for that opinion to be a higher one." Queen." There are very few girls, or mothers of girls, who would not find help in the perplexing problems that face them from the study of this thoroughly sane and wholesome work." Speaker."Miss Barnett modestly terms it on the title-page an 'expression of opinions.' We prefer to describe it as a wise and vivacious statement of clean-cut convictions gathered by one who asks, on the final page, 'What are we all but children spelling out hard lessons; and some are a little nearer than the rest to the end of the book of this present life?'' Morning Post.-"She has written a book remarkable for its sound sense, excellent advice, and practical utility." Manuals for Teachers EDITED BY OSCAR BROWNING, M.A. PRINCIPAL OF THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY DAY TRAINING COLLEGE AND S. S. F. FLETCHER, B.A., PH.D. MASTER OF METHOD IN THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY DAY TRAINING COLLEGE London MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY THE LOGICAL BASES OF EDUCATION. By JAMES WELTON, M.A., ETHICS FOR TEACHERS. BY DR. STANTON COIT. [In preparation [In preparation SCHOOL MANAGEMENT. By GEORGE COLLAR, B.A., B.Sc., Principal of the Stockwell Pupil Teacher School, and C. W. CROOK, B.A. 38. 6d. [Ready from their Lending Library for Teachers Now Ready. Globe 8vo. Price 3s. 6d. SCHOOL MANAGEMENT AND METHODS OF INSTRUCTION WITH SPECIAL Reference TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS BY GEORGE COLLAR, B.A., B.Sc. PRINCIPAL OF THE STOCKWELL PUPIL-TEACHER SCHOOL AND CHARLES W. CROOK, B.A., B.Sc. HEADMASTER OF THE Higher grade SCHOOL, WOOD GREEN, n. London MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY All rights reserved IN times past it was considered that the chief, and indeed almost the only, qualification necessary in a teacher was a knowledge of the subject to be taught. A knowledge of child nature and of the principles of the working of the mind was not considered at all essential. The tendency of the present day is to go to the other extreme, and regard a knowledge of psychology as being the only qualification that a teacher should bring to his work. The correct view seems to be that the ideal teacher should not only be well versed in the subjects he is required to teach and in the principles of psychology, but should also have studied the relation of subject matter to mind. He should have considered carefully the effects that the subject is calculated to have in the development of the pupil's mind, and how the subject may best be divided up and presented so as to produce those effects. In the hope of assisting their fellow-teachers in their work on these lines, the authors have undertaken the present book, which they trust will be found in agreement with the latest developments in psychology, although its technicalities have been avoided as far as possible. They must not be understood, however, to depreciate in any way the value of a knowledge of this important subject. Every earnest teacher should give close attention to the study of it, and should strenuously endeavour to apply its teaching, and, in addition to this, he should endeavour to gain an intimate acquaintance with the lives and work of the great teachers of the past. Such wider reading will, we are sure, result in an increased interest and enthusiasm in the more commonplace duties with which this book is more directly concerned. It has been considered advisable to limit the treatment of school organization to that of elementary schools, but it is hoped that the treatment of the different subjects of instruction will be found useful to teachers in schools of every grade. G. C. CONTENTS CHAPTER 1. School and Home; 2. School Buildings and Equipments; 3. Organization; 4. Discipline; 5. General Principles of Instruction; 6. Notes of Lessons; 7. Reading; 8. Spelling; 9. The Teaching of Languages, including Grammar, Composition, and Literature-The Teaching of English, Composition, Literature, Modern Languages; 10. History; 11. Geography; 12. The Mathematical Group of Studies— Arithmetic, Mental Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry; 13. Elementary Science and Object Lessons; 14. Practical or Manual Subjects-Writing, Drawing; 15. School Music; 16. Physical Exercises. APPENDIX.-Breathing Exercises in connection with Reading and Singing. from their Lending Library for Teachers Now Ready. Globe 8vo. Price 3s. 6d. THE LOGICAL BASES OF EDUCATION BY J. WELTON, M.A. PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION IN THE YORKSHIRE COLLEGE, VICTORIA UNIVERSITY AUTHOR OF "A MANUAL OF LOGIC," ETO. London MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY All rights reserved PRESS OPINIONS JOURNAL OF Education.-" Prof. Welton writes in a clear and pleasant style, and the examples and illustrations which he uses to make his views fully intelligible, are excellently chosen. One sees very soon that he is a master of his subject. Likely to be very useful to students. We heartily recommend this book to our readers' attention." .. The SCHOOL GUARDIAN.-"We have much pleasure in recommending it. style is remarkably clear and lucid, and the illustrations are bright and even sometimes amusing, so that it is quite readable. . We leave the treatise in the hope that it may meet with the wide acceptance which it merits." EDUCATIONAL TIMES.-"Mr. Welton has written distinctively well on logic, but we are inclined to think that he has never produced anything better than this succinct and lucid exposition of the application of logical method of educational purposes. The volume appears in a series of "Manuals for Teachers"; it will be an admirable series if the rest of the volumes come anywhere near the excellence of this one." EDUCATIONAL NEWS.-"It will be welcomed by all students of education. It will be found a mine of thought and suggestion. . . It will be of unbounded service to all teachers and students who aspire to what may be called the 'logical attitude.' ... |