Preface
Part I Some Preliminary Considerations . . . pg. 1-41
Part II Out-Of-Door Life For The Children. . . pg 42-95
Part III 'Habit Is Ten Natures' . . . pg 96-134
Part IV Some Habits Of Mind - Some Moral Habits . . . pg. 135-168
Part V a. Lessons As Instruments Of Education pg 169-237
Part V b. Lessons As Instruments Of Education . . pg 237-317
Part VI The Will--The Conscience--The Divine Life In The Child . . pg 317-352
Preface
Chapter 1 The Family . . . pg. 1
Chapter 2 Parents As Rulers . . . pg. 10
Chapter 3 Parents As Inspirers: Children Must be Born Again into a Life of Intelligence . . . pg. 19
Chapter 4 Parents As Inspirers: The Life Of The Mind Grows Upon Ideas . . . pg. 29
Chapter 5 Parents As Inspirers: The Things of the Spirit . . . pg. 41
Chapter 6 Parents As Inspirers: Primal Ideas Derived from Parents . . . pg. 50
Chapter 7 The Parent As Schoolmaster . . . pg. 60
Chapter 8 The Culture Of Character: Parents as Trainers . . . pg. 69
Chapter 9 The Culture Of Character: The Treatment of Defects . . . pg. 83
Chapter 10 Bible Lessons: Parents as Instructors in Religion . . . pg. 92
Chapter 11 Faith And Duty (Book Review): Parents as Teachers of Morals . . . pg. 101
Chapter 12 Faith And Duty (Book Review): Claims of Philosophy as an Instrument of Education . . . pg. 117
Chapter 13 Faith And Duty (Book Review): Man Lives by Faith, Godward and Manward . . . pg. 129
Chapter 14 Parents are Concerned to Give the Heroic Impulse . . . pg. 141
Chapter 15 Is It Possible? (Book Review): Parents' Attitudes Towards Social Questions . . . pg. 150
Chapter 16 Discipline: A Consideration for Parents . . . pg. 168
Chapter 17 Sensations And Feelings: Sensations Educable by Parents . . . pg. 178
Chapter 18 Sensations And Feelings: Feelings Educable by Parents . . . pg. 191
Chapter 19 'What Is Truth?' - Moral Discrimination Required by Parents . . . pg. 204
Chapter 20 Show Cause Why: Parents Responsible for Competitive Examinations . . . pg. 214
Chapter 21 A Scheme Of Educational Theory Proposed To Parents . . . pg. 225
Chapter 22 A Catechism Of Educational Theory . . . pg. 233
Chapter 23 Where Have We Come From, and Where Are We Going?: A Question for Parents - Where Have We Come From? . . . pg. 249
Chapter 24 Where Have We Come From, and Where Are We Going?: Where Are We Going? . . . pg. 257
Chapter 25 The Great Truth That Parents Need to Recognize . . . pg. 268
Chapter 26 The Eternal Child: The Highest Road to Godly Character . . . pg. 280
Appendix (study questions) . . pg. 291-308
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Preface
Ch 1 Submission And Authority In The Home And In The School . . . pg. 1
Ch 2 Docility And Authority In The Home And The School Pt II How Authority Behaves . . . pg. 13
Ch 3 'Masterly Inactivity' . . . pg. 25
Ch 4 Some Of The Rights Of Children As Persons . . . pg. 36
Ch 5 Psychology as it Relates to Current Thinking . . . pg. 44
Ch 6 Examining Some Educational Theories . . . pg. 56
Ch 7 An Adequate Educational Theory . . . pg. 68
Ch 8 Certain Relationships that are Proper for Children . . . pg. 79
Ch 9 A Review of A Great Educationalist . . . pg. 91
Ch 10 Some Aspects of Physical Training That We Don't Usually Consider . . . pg. 101
Ch 11 Some Aspects of Intellectual Training That We Don't Usually Consider . . . pg. 113
Ch 12 Some Aspects of Moral Training That We Don't Usually Consider . . . pg. 126
Ch 13 Some Aspects of Religious Training That We Don't Usually Consider . . . pg. 137
Ch 14 A Master-Thought . . . pg. 148
Ch 15 School Books and How They Bring About Education . . . pg. 164
Ch 16 How To Use School-Books . . . pg. 174
Ch 17 Education as the Science of Relationships: We are Educated by Our Intimacies as Illustrated by Wordworth's Prelude and Ruskin's Praeterita . . . pg. 182
Ch 18 We Are Educated By Our Intimacies: Part II - More Affinities . . . pg. 194
Ch 19 We Are Educated By Our Intimacies: We Are Educated By Our Intimacies: Pt III - Vocation . . . pg. 204
An Educational Manifesto . . . pg. 214
Ch 20 Suggestions Regarding Curriculum (For children under 14) Pt I . . . pg. 215
Ch 21 Suggestions Regarding Curriculum: Pt II - School-Books . . . pg. 228
Ch 22 Suggestions Regarding Curriculum: Pt III The Love of Knowledge . . . pg. 240
Appendix (Study Questions) . . . pg 248
Appendix . . . . pg. 271 (student narrations; what a child should know by age twelve; sample exams; examples of oral lessons for teachers)
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Preface and Introduction
Chapters 1-3 The Country Of Mansoul, Its Perils and its Government (pg 1-10)
Part I - The House of the Body (pg 11-32)
Part II - The House of Mind (pg 33-80)
Part III - The House of Heart: Love (pg 81-135)
Part III - The House of Heart: Justice (pg 136-203)
Part IV - Vocation (pg 204-210)
Appendix - Discussion Questions for Book I
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Preface and Introduction
Introductory to Book II (pg 1-4)
Part I Section I - Conscience In The House Of Body (pg 5-55)
Part I Section II - Conscience In The House Of Mind (pg 56-108)
Part I section III - The Function Of Conscience (pg 109-125)
Part II - The Will (pg 126-173)
Part III - The Soul (pg 174-202)
Appendix - Discussion Questions for Book II
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Preface
Part I Some Examples of How to Treat Problems (Weissall's Following)
1. A Philosopher Tests His Theory at Home . . . pg. 3
2. Inconstant Kitty . . . pg. 24
3. Under A Cloud . . . pg. 33
4. Dorothy Elmore's Achievement . . . pg. 41
5. Consequences . . . pg. 68
6. Mrs. Smedley's Story . . . pg. 77
7. Ability . . . pg. 89
8. Poor Mrs. Jumeau! . . . pg. 98
9. "A Happy Christmas To You!" . . . pg. 109
Part II Parents In Council
1. What A Salvage! . . . pg. 121
2. Where Shall We Go This Year? . . . pg. 131
3. The A-B-C-Darians . . . pg. 136
4. "Die Neus Zeit Bedarf Der Neuen Schule" (A Teacher's Reflections) . . . pg. 144
5. A Hundred Years Later (At The Cloughs' Dinner-Table, Sept. 10, 1990) . . . . . . . . . pg. 158
Part III Concerning Youths And Maidens
1. Concerning Boys and Girls of School Age . . . pg. 176
2. Concerning The Young Maidens At Home . . . pg. 235
Part IV 'It Is Written' - Some Studies In Character Development from Literature
1. Jorn Uhl and Thomas Carlyle: Two Peasant Boys . . . pg. 273
2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: A Genius At 'School' . . . pg. 299
3. William Makepeace Thackeray: Pendennis Of Boniface . . . pg. 364
4. George Meredith [The Egoist]: 'Young Crossjay' . . . pg. 388
5. 'I'm Better Than Others' . . . pg. 401
6. An Educator of Our Own Time: Thomas Godolphin Rooper . . . pg. 419
Appendix: A Few Books Dealing With Education . . . pg. 431
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Preface and Introduction . . . pg. xxv-22
Book I
Chapter 1 Self-Education . . . pg. 23-32
Chapter 2 Children Are Born Persons . . . pg. 33-45
Chapter 3 The Good And Evil Nature Of A Child . . . pg. 46-67
Chapter 4 Authority And Docility . . . pg. 68-79
Chapter 5 The Sacredness Of Personality . . . pg. 80-93
Chapter 6 Three Instruments Of Education . . . pg. 94-111
Chapter 7 How We Make Use Of Mind . . . pg. 112-127
Chapter 8 The Way Of The Will . . . pg. 128-138
Chapter 9 The Way Of The Reason . . . pg. 139-153
Chapter 10 The Curriculum and Section I: Knowledge Of God . . . pg. 154-168
Section II: Knowledge Of Man (History, Literature, Morals, Economics, Composition . . . pg. 169-190
Section II: Knowledge Of Man (Languages, Art) . . . pg. 190-217
Section III: Knowledge Of The Universe (Science, Geography, Mathematics, Physical Development, Handicrafts) . . . pg. 218-234
Book II - Theory Applied
Chapter 1 A Liberal Education In Elementary Schools . . . pg. 235-249
Chapter 2 A Liberal Education In Secondary Schools . . . pg. 250-278
Chapter 3 Scope Of Continuation Schools . . . pg. 279-299
Chapter 4 The Basis Of National Strength . . . pg. 300-342
Supplementary: Too Wide a Mesh . . . pg. 343-348