Author: British Institute of Social Service

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Published: 2012-03-06

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 9781130665963

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ... biological laws which govern the production and preservation of healthy bodies and minds is positively denied them. It is refreshing to contemplate, however, that at the moment a wave of interest in the teaching of hygiene is passing over the country. The success of this new work will largely depend on the methods by which it is carried out. Teachers must know something of the subject before they can benefit their pupils. As hygiene is the summation of all the sciences underlying biology, and particularly that section of biology (physiology) which deals with the growth and development of the human body, it will be necessary to give teachers an intelligent grasp of biological laws and their application to the development of the various activities of life, more especially to the physiology of the brain. This is no small matter. Its accomplishment will necessarily alter the attitude of the present-day training of teachers. But that it can be accomplished there is not the slightest doubt if educators can be got to recognise that what is wanted is not so much an additional subject introduced into the curriculum as a change of attitude towards teaching methods and appliances, based on a scientific knowledge of the factors which control growth and development of body and mind. The end of hygiene is to enable man to get the best (physically and psychologically) out of life. Hygiene, therefore, is inseparable from all human activities, and must of necessity be an instrument of supreme importance during the periods of infancy, childhood, and adolescence. The influence which true teachers wield over the world is, perhaps, weightier than that of any other class. If a hygienic atmosphere can be created in the teaching profession, based upon an experimental and enthusia...