In the School Room


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In the first place, teaching is not simply telling. A class may be told a thing twenty times over, and yet not know it. Talking to a class is not necessarily teaching. I have known many teachers who were brimful of information, and were good talkers, and who discoursed to their classes with ready utterance a large part of the time allotted to instruction; yet an examination of their classes showed little advancement in knowledge. (Summary by John S. Hart) (8 hr 11 min)

Chapters

Preface 3:21 Read by Joseph Abell
Chapter 1 What is Teaching? 19:04 Read by Mark Chulsky
Chapter 2 The Art of Questioning 12:27 Read by Mark Chulsky
Chapter 3 The Difference Between Teaching and Training 6:10 Read by Joseph Abell
Chapter 4 Modes of Hearing Recitations 8:14 Read by MaryAnn
Chapter 5 On Observing a Proper Order in the Development of the Mental Faculties 15:27 Read by MaryAnn
Chapter 6 Teaching Children What They Do Not Understand 7:07 Read by J Korth
Chapter 7 Cultivating the Memory in Youth 13:33 Read by J Korth
Chapter 8 Knowledge Before Memory 6:39 Read by J Korth
Chapter 9 The Power of Words 11:08 Read by Availle
Chapter 10 The Study of Language 4:09 Read by Availle
Chapter 11 Cultivating the Voice 5:28 Read by Jairus Amar
Chapter 12 Eyes 5:40 Read by Jairus Amar
Chapter 13 Errors of the Cave 5:30 Read by Jairus Amar
Chapter 14 Men of One Idea 9:49 Read by Jairus Amar
Chapter 15 A Talent for Teaching 6:00 Read by Robin Cotter
Chapter 16 Teaching Power 7:12 Read by CrispAirBlueSky
Chapter 17 Growing 7:18 Read by CrispAirBlueSky
Chapter 18 Loving the Children 6:24 Read by Robin Cotter
Chapter 19 Gaining Affections of the Scholars 6:05 Read by Robin Cotter
Chapter 20 The Obedience of the Children 9:55 Read by Sandra Luna
Chapter 21 Rarey as an Educator 6:55 Read by Larry Wilson
Chapter 22 A Boarding School Experience 14:06 Read by Kathryn Newbould
Chapter 23 Phrenology 17:42 Read by Julia Niedermaier
Chapter 24 Normal Schools 17:44 Read by MaryAnn
Chapter 25 Practice - Teaching 27:35 Read by Robin Cotter
Chapter 26 Part 1 Attention as a Mental Faculty, and as a Means of Mental Cultu… 40:48 Read by Kana McKay
Chapter 26 Part 2 Attention as a Mental Faculty, and as a Means of Mental Cultu… 40:48 Read by Kana McKay
Chapter 27 Gaining the Attention 8:59 Read by Andrea Kotzer
Chapter 28 Part 1 Counsels To a Young Teacher 10:49 Read by Robin Cotter
Chapter 28 Part 2 Counsels To a New Pupil 26:28 Read by Sandra Luna
Chapter 28 Part 3 Counsels To a young Lady Leaving a Boarding School 17:29 Read by Andrea Kotzer
Chapter 28 Part 4 Counsels To a pupil entering a normal school 20:20 Read by CrispAirBlueSky
Chapter 29 Part 1 An Argument for Common Schools 27:59 Read by CrispAirBlueSky
Chapter 29 Part 2 An Argument for Common Schools 29:10 Read by CrispAirBlueSky
Chapter 30 What is Education? 8:08 Read by MaryAnn