Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-01-29
of salaries paid should form capital item any
approval classification of high schools.

approval or classification of high schools.
The questions taught well it is taught are of
fundamentally important The curriculum
impressions way which it is applied were drawn
from contact with nnetyve teachers who
ences the of instruction.
upon single visits to classrooms must indeed be sed with
Discrimination respects however they are as conclusive as
exhaustive acquaintance the majority cases. the per-
sonaiy the visitor purpose were unknown The
call intended to little possible and usually
made apparent impression the class;
entered and retired without as result of
this that there nothing praise personal
character of these teachers Almost without exception they
highminde capable and pansaking
and Deep their pupils devotion to their
and welfare qualities that
possible lack information skill qualities
teachers peculiarly rich In the quality Of
appeared almost wide variety physical equipment
On the whole it safely be said that honest
full and panstang professional clearly not frequently
the hafdozen largest schools
others.
To be rated professional" believed must
least the following degree first
knowledge of the ubectmater must have become
and automatic that the conscious instruct
upemost and unembarassed second class
reasonable insight INTO Individual and class problems and sku
application of the best modern experience their sotin third the
both of teachers pupils proceed
to be stimulated least undurbed
observation Comparison with the medical profession this
helpful and not unfair To the professional behavior
technique that
knowledge modern surgical methods
that finely challenged critics
held to standard fully high instruction Vermont high
exceedingly vulnerable at these points it is indeed the
majority of American high schools Most of the teachers
ideals college
their specific tasks they unframed their
them majority Of teaching
which they prepared their of information therefore
limited and their application of likely to be md forceess
Incorrect There results therefore, the
great American pedagogical vcevh dependence textbook
Under such conditions teaching instruction.; assigning
hearing lessons and recording marks Forty periods Of this
sort of recitation week not exhaustng while really instruct
demands and and minds their
under than 20 to 2 periods of week The conditions nd
Gated reflected unering the class work Instead of srdng
with the confidence knowledge and
youth loves do if eXpey led the classes
slow and furtve have suggested
reaction the content the The
effect Of this the pupil depressing hardening In far
instruction fails interest and develop parabe
it not only negatively useless positive discour
ch education however loyal he be to the teacher
The waste at this point is certainly large Part of
the blame mqueonaby the curriculum although
to be helpless the
rigid curriculum Part of the blame doubt due the mall
adjustment by which children that they have business
attempt Even for that Of the waste for which the teachers
responsible be said to be pabe Few of them
had the observing ku secondary nstruc
ton with studying SUCH and practically has
practced teaching skilled criticism defective system that
permits them to teach what they have studied thoroughly and