Experimental Schools, Vol. 10

Download or read book Experimental Schools, Vol. 10 written by Mabel R. Goodlander and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Experimental Schools, Vol. 10: Education Through Experience; A Four Year Experiment in the Ethical Culture School So far as externals of the class room are concerned, we have not made many changes, although we have increased the variety of materials accessible to the children at all times, and have managed to arrange the furniture so that there is room for work and play in groups, free from the desks. The children, as well as the teacher, are at liberty to Sit where convenient, to talk and move about. As they please, as long as they do not annov others - and experience proves that noises disturbchildren much less than we teachers are prone to believe. That the conduct of the class is somewhat unacademic and informal was apparent to the visitor who insisted upon knowing whether she saw a lesson or a recess. It was not a recess - but I could not truthfully say that it was a lesson, although everyone, including the teacher was occupied to some purpose. The daily program is very flexible. It is divided into few and, for the most part, long periods which allow time for unhurried, thoughtful work and for social intercourse or play, but which may be subdivided by individuals or groups in answer to temporary needs. There are natur ally some periods in which the. Teacher directs the work of the class, either as a whole, or in small groups where She shares the direction with the pupil leaders. However, the greater part of the work and play, especially in the first two years, has consisted of projects originated by the children or elected by them from among the many suggestions re ceived in school. These projects are carried out individually or in small self-organized groups, and the teacher gives her assistance as it is needed to help the children forward in their plans. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.