Author: A. G. Flack

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-11

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9780260846440

Excerpt from Moral Education It has been written partly in accordance with theory, and partly from practice and observation, and needs the further test of practice. Owing to interfering circum stances the writer is unable to give this further test. And offers the work just as it is. Mr. Horace Mann, I believe, has said that as far as guaranteed by his observation, ten men fail from moral defect to one who fails from intellectual defect, and if this is the case, together with the tendency shown by the evident growing desire for better moral education. Then there is both the expressed need and wish for the latter. If, too, Mr. John Dewey's statement that What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child. That must be the community's want for all of its children. Includes detailed training in morals and manners. This is another evidence of its need. In systematic moral training it is desirable that as far as possible it should be put upon the same scientific basis as other branches of learning - naught according to the laws of psychology and education. A knowledge of the laws of modern psychology makes it possible to give younger children teaching through making the proper mental suggestion interest ing. 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.