Of what should the undifferentiated teaching consist? Coming from a
cultivated home a boy of 10 may be expected to have learned the
rudiments of Latin, and at least one modern language, preferably
French, _colloquially_, arithmetic, outlines of geography, tales from
Plutarch and from other histories
Of what should the undifferentiated teaching consist? Coming from a
cultivated home a boy of 10 may be expected to have learned the
rudiments of Latin, and at least one modern language, preferably
French, _colloquially_, arithmetic, outlines of geography, tales from
Plutarch and from other histories. Going to a preparatory school he
will read easy Latin texts _with translations_ and notes; French
books, geography including the elements of astronomy, beginning also
algebra and geometry. At 12 dropping French except perhaps a reading
once a week, he will begin Greek, by means of easy passages again with
the translations beside him, continuing the rest as before.
Transferred at 14-1/2 to a public school he will go on with Latin,
starting Latin prose, Greek texts, again read fast with translations.
He will now have his first formal introduction to science in the guise
of biology, leading up to lessons and demonstrations in chemistry and
physics. At about 16-1/2 he may drop classics _or mathematics_
according as his tastes have declared themselves, adding modern
languages instead, continuing science in all cases, greater or less in
amount according to his proclivities.
06/18/2007 01:46 AM
Education
If youve read this blog, you know where I stand on all of those private eye correspondence courses, but higher education, whether or not it directly addresses investigatorial topics, is a necessity. I know, there are no educational …
06/18/2007 09:32 AM
Failing the Future: Higher Education
AMMAN Higher education in Jordan is suffering from chronic problems and faces stiff and unrealistic regulations that are hampering economic development in Jordan according to university and industry officials. …
06/18/2007 01:48 AM
Religious Education with Warts
According to the BBC, A report from Englands Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education, Childrens Services and Skills) says that Religious Education classes in the country must provide children with a more sophisticated understanding …
06/18/2007 10:24 AM
Interview With Education Secretary Margaret Spellings
I recently had the opportunity to interview Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings about the administration’s push to reauthorize the No Child Left Behind Act. NCLB was passed in 2001 by wide margins in both the House and the Senate, …
06/18/2007 03:29 PM
Education news for Monday, June 18
She is the first of their generation of educational innovators named to head a major school system and a symbol of their efforts to help inner-city children and challenge the power of education schools, teachers unions and the many …
06/18/2007 03:13 PM
Education policy and intergenerational income mobility
Education policy and intergenerational income mobility: Evidence from the Finnish comprehensive school reform, Tuomas Pekkarinen, Roope Uusitalo, Sari Pekkala, Working Paper, Labour Institute for Economic Research, Discussion Papers, …