Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-11-03
Henderson
and Graves

gest tobacco6ad a professional training
in the Stateossess the requisites of a
one of the Teacher. One of these re-
have in thees is to know how to teach
headed thesen to study Systematically.
From estildren were taught to study
fully garneAlly there would not be so
by the CHM energy wasted so much
bacco stat lost, and the results would
dark tobacco, SO incorrect.
ties abovet teach children to study
follows: tmatically the teacher must
Henderson, the ability of the children
Christian m she is to teach, she must
Daviess c amiliar with the subject she
Graves Goa teach, and she must be able
1t is osdrect the various steps in
here th$ed in the chidren's mastery
producessneir lessons by the most cor
hurley int methods of styles.
tai. II, Ofo know the ability of the
and darildren whom she is to teach is
Hendersbecome acquainted with their
1900, come life, to know their past
My experiences, and not the oppor-
to Graunities they have had for study
that pr, a teacher would visit the
tailed tones of her pupils and become
thelessetter acquainted with their
uuirerarents, she could better direct
produheir studying. She would learn
Thief their parents were able to as
count5it her in directing the children's
baccostudying at their homes. She
year would find out if they had libra
| aries where she could direct the
ty is, children for information on GER
the Itain subjects. Perhaps many
My eof the parents would hot have a
Web library, but some of them my
pour own library of useful books.
I'll If the children possess no ability
pro, to use them, their valuable con-
the tents go unlearned, unappreci-
dist ated. They cannot fathom their
Ho deep meaning, and it is the
IN teachers duty to aid them.
OR Without knowledge to use their
books they are accomplishing
tn nothing. The teacher who visits
re the home of her pupils finds out
what there work at their homes
z is, and if they performtthese
X home-duties Systematically or in
G a haphazard way. She would
i learn what their hands did, and
could better direct their studies
Some one has said: The hartl
is scarcely less the guide than
the agent Of the mind. Itsteadies
the mind. 1t is the minds moral
rudder, it's balance wheel. It's
the minds monitor" If this is
III true then important it is for the
+ teacher to become acquainted
with the children S home environ
ment that she may aid them more
Systematically in their studying !
both at home and school.
Before teacher can teach |
n children to study a lesson sys-
~ tematically she must be familiar
4 with the lesson herself. Not
IA only with just what the text book
~ says, but she must have studied
the subject in other books and
must know where to direct the |
pupils to go for this information,
what books to consult first, and
if these reference books cannot !
be had, or if it would be waste
of time for them to hunt for the
desired information she must be
ready to give orally to the chill
dren the desired information in
such a way that the children will
understand it. The teacher
must be the Judge when to give
information, aud when best to
let her class search for it. A
teacher must not depend on what
she learned years ago on the sub
ject but she must reveiw each
lesson before she teaches it,
that the children may drink
from a running stream rather
than stagnant pool" In pre-
pairing for class work the teach
should not merely study the les &
o.xx.a &c i.