The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-27
of salaries paid should form capital item any future scheme
approval classification of high schools.


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The questions taught taught are of
fundamentally important The curriculum will be discussed later
The writer's the which applied
from contact with nnetyfve teachers who short
the of instruction. BOTH
based brief single visits indeed
discrimination respects however they
exhaustive acquaintance In the great majority cases. per-
sonay purpose
call intended little disturbance possible usually
apparent
and retired without ceremony must said as result of
this experience that there nothing praise
character of these teachers Almost without exception they the
impression of being hghmndd naturally capable panstag
and Deep interest their pupils and devotion
welfare qualities that toward making
possible lack of information and skill and such qualities
teachers peculiarly rich In the quality of
appeared almost as wide variety as was noted in physical equipment
On the whole may safely be said that the honest
full panang professional clearly except frequently
the hadozen largest schools and in occasional instances in the
others
professional" believed that instruction must
at least the following features in considerable
knowledge of the subma must have become comprehensive
and automatic that the instruct always be
unebarraed second class procedure must exhibit
reasonable insight into individual class problems kfu
application of the best modern experience their souton third the
both of teachers pupils should proceed with
critical
observation with the medical profession this regard
helpful unfair To the surgeon professional behavior involves
technique nature adequate
knowledge methods
that finely challenged by attendant critics. The teacher should be
held fully high instruction
sexceedng vulnerable at these points, is indeed in the great
majority of American high schools Most of the teachers
general high the goodwill bred their
their specific tasks they unframed and must their either
out of the into with whatever skill hard
experience them. majority of them teaching subjects
in which they prepared their of information therefore
limited and their application of likely be timd forceess
else Incorrect There results therefore extreme the
American pedagogical vcavsh dependence textbook
Under conditions teaching instruction. assigning
hearing recording periods
recitation exhausng really
demands and and normal minds retain their
under than 20 to 2 periods of week The conditions nd
Gated reflected unerrngy the work sdg
with the confidence knowledge power
of youth loves to do if expey d the classes Creep
slow and utve have to be pumped suggested
spontaneous reaction to the content the unusual The
effect this the pupil is depressing hardening
instruction fails interest and develop asurabe
not negatively useless positive dscou
cs education however loyal be to the teacher
personally The at this point certainly Part of
the blame unquestonaby the although
it the of nonrofessionam to be helpless the
of rigid curriculum Part of the blame doubt due to the mall
adjustment by which children that they have business
attempt Even for that of the which the teachers
clearly responsible they be said be upab them
have had the opportunity of observing ku secondary nstru
ton with view to studying it SUCH and practically has
practiced teaching under skilled criticism defective system that
permits them teach they studied thoroughly