Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-13
COUNTY TEACHERS.


The Salt Lake county teachers met
In the University building on Saturday
last. The minutes OF the previous
meeting were read aud with one
amendment approved. Prof VIM.
NJ. Stewart addressed tho institute
GU "5ense Training" and Its relation
to the child. He said the main duty
OF the common school teacher was 10
intensity or make perfect the sense
training Of the children entrusted 10
mis- care. Cultivating the observation
does much TO Intensity sense training.
The speaker explained vOIitiOn, feel.
ing anu Willingness, the phyeiCll and
the intellectual forces. lie said the
brain was the center OF the nervous
system. Hence all HeutatiOn must
start IN the brain. Probably the fret
sense developed Ia the child was that
Of touch. The others developed later
The powers OF the mind were, tho
intellect, 2-sonssbility,i 3-will. The
intellect was divided iuto l--presenta.
tive knowledge, 9-represuntativ
knowledge, 8--clAbOTativo knowledge,
4-cOnstructive knowledge. The classi.
were l.-self.consc iousness, 2-sento
perception, 3-acnse Interpretation.
Representative knowledge: l--assucia-
Ito 9-phantasy, 3-memOry. Elnb.
orauve knowledge. l-cOncepiion, .
Judgment, 3-rensoning. Consultative
knowledge: l-being, cause, B.
space, 4-time. Allkuowlodgc, which
has It's foundation In sense perception
Is either perfect or imperfect, as II IL
oh aimed.
Perception transcrlbes, or makes a
picture or an Idea. Ideas are not held
IN the MIND; there Il no place for the
Idea. We pOHsesa the power OF recalling
idem; this Is called phantasy or mem
Dry. phantasy does not recognize ideaa
Memory does recognize IDEAS. The
changing of ideas into new forms or
different arrangement " them Is called
imagination, The power Of the mind
which notices leaves aud their peculiuri-
titt; or eau draw u quality from an Oh.
jecus called conception. The results are
called concepts. We foTm Judgment
by comparison. An Inference Ia an act
OF reason.
We cannot have knowledge without
conHtitutive knowledge. We cannot
perceive an object without the idea Of
Ueing, cause, space or time. The lecturer
showed the necessity OF cultivat.
ing accurate and close observation Ia
children that their conclusions may be
correct. He said many mistakes are
mado through imperfect observation,
not through imperfect reasoning. lie
| thought some persons made a MISTAKE
In filling the mind with word forms,
instead OF cultivAting the senses OF the
child. The foundation Of tine sciences
should be laid In the common school.
| We should use the external world as
n means to education. Teachers should
have definite plan and not impau
instruction In n hap hazard way.
A number Of questions were
asked by members OF the institute
aud answered by the professor.
| Hen exhibited some
educational journals. Recommended
Jackeman'a Nature Study TO the
teachers. He stated that inquiries had
heen made about going TO the Worlds
Fair. A committee OF three, consist.
ing OF Messrs. w. ). Marks, Otto Van
Colt aud Miss Kate Dean, was appoint
ed TO make this necessary arrangements.
A motion was made that the chair
appoint a committee 10 revise the
course OF study for the ensuing year.
the number and committee to he ap.
pointed ut the next session Of the insli.
tute.
A motion was made and carried to
I change the time OF meeting from 1850
am. 10 1890 AN.
Prof. Stewart will continue his leo
ture on psycholog.' at the next session
aud Miss Holtei, lady supervisor Of
the city primary schools, will also
address the teachers.
A full attendance Is desired.
Adjourned " meet Saturday, March
Goth, at 1880 a.nl.
1ILIGE W. BLISS, secretary.