Author: W. M. Derthick

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-24

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9781330103852

Excerpt from An Educational Game of Composers, Musical Literature and the Elements of Criticism: For Intellectual and Refined Amusement and Progress in General Musical Knowledge According to a Systematically Graded Course, Designed and Practically Developed for the Use of Musical Students and Amateurs In preparing the accompanying Studies in Musical History the author has endeavored to combine the pleasures of a refined amusement with a practical and efficient means of education. It is well known to educators that the mind in its earlier stages of development is rarely disposed to serious and prolonged application, nor even at a more advanced stage is it easily awakened to the attentive contemplation of unfamiliar subjects. Interest is the first requisite to success in all study. How to arouse interest, thereby securing attention without effort, is the most important problem that presents itself to the teacher; and to awaken the mind from its apathy and indifference, and to divert its activities from idle and aimless pursuits into the "Elysian fields" of learning, is an object well worthy the most ambitious effort. The principle in Froebel's philosophy, which renders his system of teaching so successful, is that "the function of education is to develop the faculties by arousing voluntary activity." This he accomplished by providing for his pupils "a graduated course of exercises modeled on the games in * which be observed them to be most interested." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.