
Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education
by Ontario. Department of Education
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About This Book
As can be guessed from the title, the following work is a school manual intended to be read by school administrators and teachers alike, who are working in educational institutions for children and young people in Ontario, Canada. The book is mostly concerned with the pedagogical approaches of teaching rather than practical advice of how to run a school. This 396-page book is divided into three main the principles of education, methodology, and educational psychology.
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- ONTARIO NORMAL SCHOOL MANUALS
- SCIENCE OF EDUCATION
- AUTHORIZED BY THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION
- TORONTO THE RYERSON PRESS
- THE SCIENCE OF EDUCATION
- PART I. PRINCIPLES OF EDUCATION
- CHAPTER I NATURE AND PURPOSE OF EDUCATION
- CONDITIONS OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
- WORTH IN HUMAN LIFE
- FACTORS IN SOCIAL EFFICIENCY
- FORMAL EDUCATION
- CHAPTER II FORMS OF REACTION
- INSTINCTIVE REACTION
- HABITUAL REACTION
- CONSCIOUS REACTION
- EXPERIENCE
- INFLUENCE OF CONSCIOUS REACTION
- CHAPTER III THE PROCESS OF EDUCATION
- CONSCIOUS ADJUSTMENT
- EDUCATION AS ADJUSTMENT
- EDUCATION AS CONTROL OF ADJUSTMENT
- REQUIREMENTS OF THE INSTRUCTOR
- CHAPTER IV THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM
- PURPOSES OF CURRICULUM
- DANGERS IN USE OF CURRICULUM
- CHAPTER V EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
- THE SCHOOL
- OTHER EDUCATIVE AGENTS
- CHAPTER VI THE PURPOSE OF THE SCHOOL
- CIVIC VIEWS
- INDIVIDUALISTIC VIEWS
- THE SOCIAL, OR ECLECTIC, VIEW
- CHAPTER VII DIVISIONS OF EDUCATIONAL STUDY
- CONTROL OF EXPERIENCE
- THE INSTRUCTOR'S PROBLEMS
- SUMMARY
- PART II.—METHODOLOGY
- CHAPTER VIII GENERAL METHOD
- METHOD IMPLIES KNOWLEDGE OF MIND
- CHAPTER IX THE LESSON PROBLEM
- NEED OF PROBLEM
- PUPIL'S MOTIVE
- AWAKENING INTEREST IN PROBLEMS
- KNOWLEDGE OF PROBLEM
- HOW TO SET LESSON PROBLEM
- EXAMPLES OF MOTIVATION
- CHAPTER X LEARNING AS A SELECTING ACTIVITY
- OR
- PROCESS OF ANALYSIS
- THE SELECTING PROCESS
- LAW OF PREPARATION
- VALUE OF PREPARATION
- PRECAUTIONS REGARDING PREPARATION
- NECESSITY OF PREPARATION
- EXAMPLES OF PREPARATION
- PREPARATION MERELY AIDS SELECTION
- CHAPTER XI LEARNING AS A RELATING ACTIVITY
- OR
- PROCESS OF SYNTHESIS
- NATURE OF SYNTHESIS
- INTERACTION OF PROCESSES
- ALL KNOWLEDGE UNIFIED
- CHAPTER XII APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE
- OR
- LAW OF EXPRESSION
- TYPES OF ACTION
- NATURE OF EXPRESSION
- TYPES OF EXPRESSION
- VALUE OF EXPRESSION
- DANGERS OF OMITTING EXPRESSION
- RELATION OF EXPRESSION TO IMPRESSION
- CHAPTER XIII FORMS OF LESSON PRESENTATION
- THE LECTURE METHOD
- THE TEXT-BOOK METHOD
- USES OF TEXT-BOOK
- ABUSE OF TEXT-BOOK
- THE DEVELOPING METHOD
- THE OBJECTIVE METHOD
- THE ILLUSTRATIVE METHOD
- PRECAUTIONS IN USE OF MATERIALS
- MODES OF PRESENTATION COMPARED
- CHAPTER XIV CLASSIFICATION OF KNOWLEDGE
- ACQUISITION OF PARTICULAR KNOWLEDGE
- GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
- ACQUISITION OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
- APPLIED KNOWLEDGE GENERAL
- PROCESSES OF ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE SIMILAR
- CHAPTER XV MODES OF LEARNING
- DEVELOPMENT OF PARTICULAR KNOWLEDGE A. LEARNING THROUGH THE SENSES
- SENSE PERCEPTION IN EDUCATION
- B. LEARNING THROUGH IMAGINATION
- C. LEARNING BY INFERENCE, OR DEDUCTION
- FURTHER EXAMPLES FOR STUDY
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
- THE FORMAL STEPS
- CONCEPTION AS A LEARNING PROCESS
- INDUCTION AS A LEARNING PROCESS
- TWO PROCESSES SIMILAR
- FURTHER EXAMPLES OF INDUCTIVE LESSONS
- INDUCTIVE-DEDUCTIVE LESSONS
- CHAPTER XVI THE LESSON UNIT
- WHOLE TO PARTS
- PARTS TO WHOLE
- PRECAUTIONS
- CHAPTER XVII LESSON TYPES
- THE STUDY LESSON
- THE RECITATION LESSON
- CONDUCTING THE RECITATION LESSON
- THE DRILL LESSON
- THE REVIEW LESSON
- THE TOPICAL REVIEW
- THE COMPARATIVE REVIEW
- CHAPTER XVIII QUESTIONING
- QUALIFICATIONS OF THE GOOD QUESTIONER
- PURPOSES OF QUESTIONING
- SOCRATIC QUESTIONING
- THE QUESTION
- THE ANSWER
- LIMITATIONS
- PART III. EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
- CHAPTER XIX CONSCIOUSNESS
- VALUE OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
- LIMITATIONS OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
- METHODS OF PSYCHOLOGY
- PHASES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
- CHAPTER XX MIND AND BODY
- THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
- THE CORTEX
- CHARACTERISTICS OF NERVOUS MATTER
- CHAPTER XXI INSTINCT
- HUMAN INSTINCTS
- CURIOSITY
- IMITATION
- PLAY
- PLAY IN EDUCATION
- CHAPTER XXII HABIT
- FORMATION OF HABITS
- VALUE OF HABITS
- IMPROVEMENT OF HABITUAL REACTIONS
- CHAPTER XXIII ATTENTION
- ATTENTION SELECTIVE
- INVOLUNTARY ATTENTION
- NON-VOLUNTARY ATTENTION
- VOLUNTARY ATTENTION
- ATTENTION IN EDUCATION
- CHAPTER XXIV THE FEELING OF INTEREST
- CLASSES OF FEELINGS
- INTEREST IN EDUCATION
- CHAPTER XXV SENSE PERCEPTION
- FACTORS INVOLVED IN SENSATION
- CLASSIFICATION OF SENSATIONS
- EDUCATION OF THE SENSES
- CHAPTER XXVI MEMORY AND APPERCEPTION
- FACTORS OF MEMORY
- CONDITIONS OF MEMORY
- TYPES OF RECALL
- LOCALIZATION IN TIME
- CLASSIFICATION OF MEMORIES
- MEMORY IN EDUCATION
- APPERCEPTION
- CONDITIONS OF APPERCEPTION
- FACTORS IN APPERCEPTION
- CHAPTER XXVII IMAGINATION
- TYPES OF IMAGINATION
- USES OF IMAGINATION
- CHAPTER XXVIII THINKING
- CONCEPTION
- FACTORS INVOLVED IN CONCEPT
- AIMS OF CONCEPTUAL LESSONS
- THE DEFINITION
- JUDGMENT
- REASONING
- DEDUCTION
- INDUCTION
- CHAPTER XXIX FEELING
- CONDITIONS OF FEELING TONE
- SENSUOUS FEELINGS
- EMOTION
- CONDITIONS OF EMOTION
- OTHER TYPES OF FEELING
- CHAPTER XXX THE WILL
- VOLUNTARY CONTROL OF ACTION
- VOLITION
- ABNORMAL TYPES OF WILL
- CHAPTER XXXI CHILD STUDY
- METHODS OF CHILD STUDY
- PERIODS OF DEVELOPMENT
- INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
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