“david wessel”

David Zeisberger (1721-1808) was the head of a group of Moravian missionaries that settled in the Upper Ohio Valley in 1772 to minister to the Delaware Nation. For the next ten years, Zeisberger lived among the Delaware, becoming a trusted adviser and involving himself not only in religious activiti... More

That there is danger of forgetting the importance of content in determining educational methods and results. It is obvious that the child is the central and important element in educational activity; but learning activities are concerned with facts and materials and situations. English plays a vital... More

In the classroom of today most learning takes place through oral communication. Books, maps, pictures, films serve as guides and supplementary material but most of the burden is still the teacher`s as many a raw throats at the end of a hard teaching day will satisfy. The present book equips english ... More

The following elements make up the english programme in a secondary school. Once more let us catalogue the several phases of language education in secondary schools. The three large divisions are: Speaking, Reading and Writing. This instruction in rading writing and speaking can not be left exclusiv... More

The growing recognition of the importance of creative activity in education demands a consideration of its meaning to and its place in the teaching of english. The postlude appears in schools in the form of special courses or teaching techniques in creative dancing, c4reative handicrafts, creative p... More

An english teacher in a junior or senior high school is confronted with much more than a single task. Every teacher is but teaching english in secondary schools is a phrase that embraces many kinds of work to be done. The following chapters of this book attempt to take up one by one of the phases of... More