Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-21
Teachers Institute.

4 Anroros -, ,ho educational ,,o.,,,. =, ,,,,,,a
sex. on sa,prdav next tho ar,,clo holow on
reacbors Ins,,,,,os ,aLon from ,ho po.,o,, to,,
mn, NAV be road with ,r,e,es, and ,v,u ooord'
soma pseful s,ggestions IN ,ho ,nor,hors a,di
managers NJ Tho Wasbira,o, Co,n,,, roaohor.,
and School once,s Associa,io, A. addrossl
he,oro so,o ,,vro ,noo,,n q, ,h,. .aa,.,t,,,, ~,
s,cb a man os t,o, rohn ~ n,a,,,,aa. 49,.
3tioned below would be most voIratlo hoI,, In ,ho
sav Of awakeninO public nteros, in tho nrorosed)
labors Of tho organization. and ,he hint ana!
u counse, sucb n norsop sbouId no oh,o % ,,,vol
A would be Invaluable In nromo,,rg ,ho oo,o,enor
4 NJ tho association Itself svs,e,O ~ ,aaohors
ins,itn,es similar IN ,bosa descr,hod ho,o,r ha,a
\ in o,or, oon,,,, ,,naor ,bo ,o,ro,a,,a -, ,,,o
j il demanded bv the imperatlve moods NJ Tho
schools and the state must and we boliove will
in tbe mar f,ture mako nrov,s,or ,or ho,d,na
sucb ipstitptes Tho article ia no folio,ys.
One of the early agencies adonted no tho sta,e
tn innrove the metbods Of instruction i, tho rph
! lie schools was the teacbers' institutes Thouob |
the idea apneara IN have originated in Ne,v yo,L
Nasachusetts was the first IN gve n legis,a,ivo
announcement The first institutes nnder tho
direction of our state board Of education. ware
! held in ,si5 and the exnenses ware maid from
1the pryate nurse of generous friend of nonular
INSTRUCTION. The practical results from theseE
gatherings were such that the succeeding wear
1.-The legislature gave the board Of education an.
Ithoritv to appoint institutes and made AN annro-
i riatiop to cover the EXPENSE of this class oil
meetings. From that time To the nresent these
institutes have formed norton of our state svs
Item. and through them generous provision has
3been afforded for the improvement of teachers
while, at the same time, through their instru.
mentality the public has been made better ac-
lquainted with its duties toward the schools and
|quickened and deepened,
When institutes were first held our system of
normal schools, which has since become so com
1prehensive and efficient was in its infancy. anal
few teachers had the benefit OF any speclal train
ling In the methods of mpartinp instruction
Therefore the plan of the institutes was IN form
h school whose methods shoud serve as a modal
(or imitation. The law provided that thew sbould|
remain In session for period not less than ten
working DAYS. The teachers were arranged in
classes text books and apparatus were nrovided
land lessons were assigned for studv and recita.
|ton-the whole work being under the immediate|
direction and supervision of the board of educa-
Iton, through its secretary or other agent. The
institutes served then to give some practical skill
some knowledge of the art of TEACHING tn those
b. who were born too early To receive the advap.
tsges of normal training in the princines of this
science and their practical application.
| At the present time. when nearly thirty-threeI
per cent of the teachers in the state come from the
normal schools, and the public discussion of the
Fundamental PRINCIPLES of educational science il