Education Books

This collection of scattered thoughts and observations has little order or continuity; it was begun to give pleasure to a good mother who thinks for herself. My first idea was to write a tract a few pages long, but I was carried away by my subject, and before I knew what I was doing my tract had become a kind of book, too large indeed for the matter contained in it, but too small for the subject of... more...

INTRODUCTION In times of anxiety and discontent, when discontent has engendered the belief that great and widespread economic and social changes are needed, there is a risk that men or States may act hastily, rushing to new schemes which seem promising chiefly because they are new, catching at expedients that have a superficial air of practicality, and forgetting the general theory upon which practical... more...

CHAPTER I IN MEDIAS RES I am rather glad now that I took a little dip (one could scarce call it a baptism) into the Latin, and especially into Horace, for that good soul gave me the expression in medias res. That is a forceful expression, right to the heart of things, and applies equally well to the writing of a composition or the eating of a watermelon. Those who have crossed the Channel, from... more...

Der Deutsche aus Kampot – Warum guter Unterricht oft unbequem ist ist kein klassisches Sprachlern- oder Motivationsbuch. Es richtet sich an erwachsene Deutschlernende und Lehrkräfte, die jenseits von Durchhalteparolen verstehen wollen, warum Lernen trotz Einsatz, Fleiß und guter Absichten häufig nicht zum gewünschten Ergebnis führt. Der Autor analysiert typische Bruchstellen im... more...

Dieses Buch setzt sich mit Prüfungen im Bereich Deutsch als Fremdsprache auseinander. Es zeigt, warum viele Lernende trotz guter Sprachkenntnisse scheitern und welche Rolle Prüfungslogik, Vorbereitung und Fehlannahmen dabei spielen. Der Fokus liegt nicht auf Tipps oder Strategien, sondern auf einem realistischen Verständnis von Prüfungen und Bewertungssystemen.

If you have ever felt successful yet strangely empty, this book will speak to you. Standing in the Middle of Everything, Surrounded by Nothing is a quiet, powerful exploration of modern life’s deepest contradiction. We have more than ever. Yet feel less than whole. Francis Spider writes for those who are connected to everything— and fulfilled by nothing. This book asks the questions most people... more...

Who is sufficient for these things? is a question which any one may well ask when sitting down to the preparation of a treatise on popular education. The author of this work would have shrunk from the undertaking, but from deference to the judgment of the honorable body that unanimously invited its preparation. He has also been encouraged not a little by many kind friends, one of whom, distinguished... more...

A Preliminary Survey of the Task Before the School   When people come to think alike, they tend to act alike; unison in thinking begets unison in action. It is often said that the man and wife who have spent years together have grown to resemble each other; but the resemblance is probably in actions rather than in looks; the fact is that they have had common goals of thinking throughout the many years... more...

IDEALS. A noble aim,Faithfully kept, is as a noble deed.Wordsworth. To few men does life bring a brighter day than that which places the crown upon their scholastic labors, and bids them go forth from the halls of the Alma Mater to the great world's battlefield. There is a freshness in these early triumphs which, like the bloom and fragrance of the flower, is quickly lost, never to be found again... more...

INTRODUCTION. § 1. The science of Pedagogics cannot be derived from a simple principle with such exactness as Logic and Ethics. It is rather a mixed science which has its presuppositions in many others. In this respect it resembles Medicine, with which it has this also in common, that it must make a distinction between a sound and an unhealthy system of education, and must devise means to prevent or... more...