And then, pervading the whole, is the vicious system of rote learning — a system of sacrificing the spirit to the letter. See the results. What with perceptions unnaturally dulled by early thwarting, and a coerced attention to books — what with the... Education: Intellectual, Moral, and Physical - Page 62by Herbert Spencer - 1866 - 283 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1859 - 618 pages
...unnaturally dulled by early thwarting, and a coerced attention to books — what with the mental confusion produced by teaching subjects before they can be understood,...with making the pupil a mere passive recipient of others' ideas, and not in the least leading him to be an active inquirer or self-instructor — and... | |
| 1859 - 620 pages
...unnaturally dulled by early thwarting, and a coerced attention to books — what with the mental confusion produced by teaching subjects before they can be understood,...with making the pupil a mere passive recipient of others' ideas, and not in the least leading him to be an active inquirer or self-instructor — and... | |
| Ohio - 1861 - 616 pages
...unnaturally dulled by early thwarting, and a coerced attention to books — what with the mental confusion produced by teaching subjects before they can be understood,...passive recipient of other's ideas, and not in the 1 -ast leading him to be an active inquirer or self-instructor — ми! what with taxing the faculties... | |
| Henry Barnard - 1863 - 904 pages
...unnaturally dulled by early thwarting, and a coerced attention to books — what with the mental confusion produced by teaching subjects before they can be understood,...faculties to excess ; there are very few minds that become as efficient aa they might be. Examinations being once passed, books are laid aside; the greater... | |
| Henry Barnard - 1863 - 898 pages
...unnaturally dulled by early thwarting, and s coerced attention to books— what with the mental confusion produced by teaching subjects before they can be understood,...faculties to excess; there are very few minds that become as efficient as they might be. Examinations being once passed, books are laid aside; the greater... | |
| Henry Barnard - 1863 - 902 pages
...unnaturally dulled by early thwarting, and a coerced attention to books — what with the mental confusion produced by teaching subjects before they can be understood,...inquirer or self-instructor — and what with taxing the (acuities to excess ; there are very few minds that become as efficient aa they might be. Examinations... | |
| Robert Hebert Quick - 1868 - 360 pages
...unnaturally dulled by early thwartings, and a coerced attention to books, what with the mental confusion produced by teaching subjects before they can be understood,...them giving generalizations before the facts of which they are the generalizations, what with making the pupil a mere passive recipient of others' ideas... | |
| United States. Bureau of Education, United States. Office of Education - 1889 - 730 pages
...attention to books; what with" the mental confusion produced by teaching subjects before they can bo understood, and in each of them giving generalizations before the facts of which they are the generalizations; what with making the pupil -a mere passive recipient of others' ideas,... | |
| 1874 - 702 pages
...unnaturally dulled by early thwartings, and a coerced attention to boots, what with the mental confusion produced by teaching subjects before they can be understood,...them giving generalizations before the facts of which they arc the generalizations, what with making the pupil a mere passive recipient of others' ideas... | |
| California. Legislature - 1875 - 534 pages
...unnaturally dulled by early thwartings and a coerced attention to books, •what with the mental confusion produced by teaching subjects before they can be understood,...them giving generalizations before the facts of which they are the generalizations, what with making the pupil a mere passive recipient of others' ideas,... | |
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