The Journal of the National Education Association, Volumes 12-13The Association., 1923 - Education |
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... means the awak- ening of civic consciousness , and the awakening of civic consciousness is one of the surest prep- arations for good - citizenship . Boston New York Chicago London GINN AND COMPANY Atlanta Dallas Columbus San Francisco A ...
... means the awak- ening of civic consciousness , and the awakening of civic consciousness is one of the surest prep- arations for good - citizenship . Boston New York Chicago London GINN AND COMPANY Atlanta Dallas Columbus San Francisco A ...
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... means a new plan of teaching by means of manual instruction . In place of the rigid drill of former days and the old - fashioned method of giving the facts on the basis of the teacher's authority , the child is led to find the knowledge ...
... means a new plan of teaching by means of manual instruction . In place of the rigid drill of former days and the old - fashioned method of giving the facts on the basis of the teacher's authority , the child is led to find the knowledge ...
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... means of cor- recting this situation it is recommended that the community be made the local unit of taxation . This step if taken would result in rich and poor districts pooling their resources for the support of schools . The study of ...
... means of cor- recting this situation it is recommended that the community be made the local unit of taxation . This step if taken would result in rich and poor districts pooling their resources for the support of schools . The study of ...
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... means of furthering safety in the schools themselves . All the chil- dren were encouraged to notice dan- gerous conditions and practices and to suggest remedies for them to the com- mittee . Cards and buttons were dis- tributed to the ...
... means of furthering safety in the schools themselves . All the chil- dren were encouraged to notice dan- gerous conditions and practices and to suggest remedies for them to the com- mittee . Cards and buttons were dis- tributed to the ...
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... means used to improve instruction in the classroom . - T . H. Harris , State super- intendent of education , Baton Rouge . Maine The new school fund law which provides a three and one third mill tax on State valuation . Out of it is de ...
... means used to improve instruction in the classroom . - T . H. Harris , State super- intendent of education , Baton Rouge . Maine The new school fund law which provides a three and one third mill tax on State valuation . Out of it is de ...
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Page 354 - Let every American, every lover of liberty, every wellwisher to his posterity swear by the blood of the Revolution never to violate in the least particular the laws of the country, and never to tolerate their violation by others.
Page 354 - Nor am I less persuaded that you will agree with me in opinion, that there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness. In one in which the measures of government receive their impressions so immediately from the sense of the community as in ours, it is proportionably essential.
Page 45 - On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.
Page 114 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 307 - ... neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
Page 354 - To the security of a free constitution it contributes in various ways ; by convincing those who are intrusted with the public administration, that every valuable end of government is best answered by the enlightened confidence of the people ; and by teaching the people themselves to know, and to value their own rights ; to discern and provide against invasions of them ; to distinguish between oppression and the necessary exercise of lawful authority, between burthens proceeding from a disregard to...
Page 278 - The average worker, I am sorry to say, wants a job in which he does not have to put forth much physical exertion — above all, he wants a job in which he does not have to think. Those who have what might be called the creative type of mind and who thoroughly abhor monotony are apt to imagine that all other minds are similarly restless and therefore to extend quite unwanted sympathy to the labouring man who day in and day out performs almost exactly the same operation.
Page 223 - That all the educational facilities encouraged by the provisions of this Act and accepted by a State shall be organized, supervised, and administered exclusively by the legally constituted State and local educational authorities...
Page 354 - Let every man remember that to violate the law is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the charter of his own and his children's liberty.
Page 149 - ... whether it is so or not depends on the use we make of it. The same, however, might be said of most -other opportunities and privileges ; Knowledge and Strength, Beauty and Skill, may all be abused ; if we neglect or misuse them we are worse off than if we had never had them. Wealth is only a disadvantage in the hands of those who do not know how to use it. It gives the command of so many other things — leisure, the power of helping friends, books, works of art, opportunities and means of travel.