A History of EducationAppleton, 1886 - 343 sider |
Inni boken
Resultat 1-5 av 57
Side 12
... writing ; and , as these are very difficult to learn , on account of the sign- character of the Chinese language , the great majority never reach any higher attainments . The teaching is wholly by rote the pupils repeat after the ...
... writing ; and , as these are very difficult to learn , on account of the sign- character of the Chinese language , the great majority never reach any higher attainments . The teaching is wholly by rote the pupils repeat after the ...
Side 17
... writer , who had ample opportunities of know- ing , has said : " It has made the Hindoos contented with their lot - whether good or bad , high or low - and in doing so has provided a kind of universal happiness , which , if not of the ...
... writer , who had ample opportunities of know- ing , has said : " It has made the Hindoos contented with their lot - whether good or bad , high or low - and in doing so has provided a kind of universal happiness , which , if not of the ...
Side 18
... writing , and arithmetic are taught . The first exercises in writing are in the sand . The teachers are aided not only by regular assistants , but also by the more mature pupils of the school . The lessons are learned aloud by the whole ...
... writing , and arithmetic are taught . The first exercises in writing are in the sand . The teachers are aided not only by regular assistants , but also by the more mature pupils of the school . The lessons are learned aloud by the whole ...
Side 25
... writing , if they formed any part of instruction at all , were taught only in a very limited measure . The higher branches of knowledge , as philosophy , astronomy , and medicine , were pursued only by the Magi . The PERSIA . 25.
... writing , if they formed any part of instruction at all , were taught only in a very limited measure . The higher branches of knowledge , as philosophy , astronomy , and medicine , were pursued only by the Magi . The PERSIA . 25.
Side 26
... writing in cuneiform or wedge - shaped charac- ters was employed ; and books , consisting of square clay tablets written on both sides and treating of geog- raphy , history , mathematics , astronomy , and law , were collected in public ...
... writing in cuneiform or wedge - shaped charac- ters was employed ; and books , consisting of square clay tablets written on both sides and treating of geog- raphy , history , mathematics , astronomy , and law , were collected in public ...
Andre utgaver - Vis alle
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
admirable ancient Aristotle Athens authority beautiful body boys Brahmans cation century character chiefly child Christ Christian Church Cicero civilization classes classical colleges Comenius course of study cultivated culture divine duties educa established exercise Exercises in style faith father Fénelon France Froebel German grammar Greece heart heathen Hence human humanistic influence institutions instruction intellectual interest Jesuits Karl Schmidt knowledge labors language Latin Latin and Greek learning literature live Luther Lycurgus Melanchthon ment methods mind modern moral mother-tongue nations nature necessary neglected period Pestalozzi philanthropinism philosophy PIETISM Plato popular education Port-Royal practical principles Protestantism pupils Pythagoras Quintilian Ratich received Reformation religion religious Roman Rome Rousseau says schools Scripture Socrates soul Spartan spirit taught teacher teaching tendency theology things thought tion truth universities views virtue wisdom words writing young youth
Populære avsnitt
Side 191 - The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which, being united to the heavenly grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection.
Side 307 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Side 318 - Washington, a department of education, for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems, and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country.
Side 183 - For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men...
Side 317 - Congress, according to the census of 1860, for the "endowment, support and maintenance of at least one college, where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, ... in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life.
Side 320 - Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people...
Side 28 - Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
Side 184 - It seems to me that Pygmalion's frenzy is a good emblem or portraiture of this vanity : for words are but the images of matter, and except they have life of reason and invention, to fall in love with them is all one as to fall in love with a picture.
Side 182 - But further, it is an assured truth, and a conclusion of experience, that a little or superficial knowledge of philosophy may incline the mind of man to atheism, but a further proceeding therein doth bring the mind back again to religion. For in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell .and stay there it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passeth...
Side 217 - A SOUND mind in a sound body, is a short but full description of a happy state in this world : he that has these two, has little more to wish for ; and he that wants either of them, will be but little the better for any thing else.