The Modern Teacher

THE MODERN TEACHER

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MODERN TEACHER

ESSAYS ON EDUCATIONAL AIMS AND METHODS

EDITED BY

A. WATSON BAIN, M.A.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY

SIR W. HENRY HADOW, M.A., D.Mus., C.B.E.

VICE-CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY OP SHEFFIELD

METHUEN & GO. LTD.

36 ESSEX STREET W. G.

LONDON

Vj/ Published in 1921

EDITORIAL NOTE

THE work of the Editor has not been laborious.
It consisted mainly in selecting the subjects
to be dealt with, in inviting writers to deal
with them, and in suggesting a general mode of treat-
ment. This was to describe the best current practice
in teaching the particular subject and to indicate pos-
sible improvements. If the suggestion has been inter-
preted more freely in some cases than in others, and if
one or two of the Essays may seem somewhat Utopian,
they are all based on ripe experience as well as strong
conviction, and as a whole they do both represent the
best British practice and point the way of progress.

The limits of space precluded Art, Music, and one
or two other subjects with a claim to appear in the list
of contents. English has two Essays devoted to it, as
a sign of its capital importance, not yet always recog-
nized in the curricula of English schools. Citizenship
is a new subject in our school time-tables ; but in
America, under the name of " Civics," it has already an
established place.

The training of character eludes the Binet-Simon or
any similar test, yet no volume on teaching can be con-
sidered complete that does not deal with it. It is given
in different types of schools in different ways ; but the
underlying principles that are here presented are of
general application. Happy the school where they
inspire traditions and ideals, or poems like " Clifton
Chapel," potent to mould the adolescent life !

A. W. B.

March) 1921.

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CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION vii

Sir W. HENRY HADOW, M.A.,...