Synopses & Reviews
Still-vital lectures on teaching deal with psychology and the teaching art, the stream of consciousness, the child as a behaving organism, education and behavior, and more. The three addresses to students are "The Gospel of Relaxation," "On a Certain Blindness in Human Beings," and "What Makes a Life Significant?" Preface. 2 black-and-white illustrations.
Table of Contents
TALKS TO TEACHERS
I Psychology and the Teaching Art
II The Stream of Consciousness
III The Child as a Behaving Organism
IV Education and Behavior
V The Necessity of Reactions
VI Native Reactions and Acquired Reactions
VII What the Native Reactions Are
VIII The Laws of Habit
IX The Association of Ideas
X Interest
XI Attention
XII Memory
XIII The Acquisition of Ideas
XIV Apperception
XV The Will
TALKS TO STUDENTS
I The Gospel of Relaxation
II On a Certain Blindness in Human Beings
III What Makes a Life Significant?