Methods in Commercial Teaching Edited by JAY WILSON MILLER B. S. IN BUSINESS Vice-President, Knox School of Salesmanship and Business - Lecturer in Teaching Methods, Summer Normal Session, Published by South-Western Publishing Company Cincinnati, Ohio 1925 T INTRODUCTION HE aim of this book is to furnish concrete, practical suggestions on the methods employed by successful teachers in presenting the various commercial subjects. For the inexperienced teacher-and the experienced one, too-it is designed to be a gold mine of teachers' helps and methods in commercial teaching. The idea of the present volume grew out of the preparation by the editor of an article on Methods of Teaching Bookkeeping, published in THE BALANCE SHEET for November, 1924. This article has been revised and included in the present book. The other chapters were written especially for this volume. As soon as it was decided to gather material for the undertaking, a list of the ablest commercial teachers in the country was compiled, and contributions were sought from the leaders in their respective subjects. We sought-and secured-contributions from men who have been and are actively engaged in teaching the subject on which they have written. Some of the contributors are authors of standard texts on their special subjects. Wherever possible, we secured men who had had experience in both public and private school teaching and suggested that they keep the problems of both groups of teachers in mind in the preparation of their material. A review of the experience of the contributors reveals an average of over fifteen years' experience in teaching their special subjects. This volume, then, actually has been compiled on the "firing line.' With men of such wide experience, there will necessarily be some variation in ideas and methods of treatment. This is natural and not wholly undesirable. Successful teachers achieve their results in various ways; and the inquiring student will find much food for thought and discussion in analyzing their methods. It is not expected, of course, that any teacher will attempt or be able to apply and make use of all the ideas and suggestions |