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The Science of Education.-If the practice of teaching is an intelligent art there must in like manner be found in its processes certain principles and methods which may be set forth in systematic form as a science of education and applied by the educator in the art of teaching.... More

The Minister is grateful to these authors and publishers and to others not mentioned here through whose courtesy he has been able to include in this Reader so many copyright selections.... More

The course in literature and composition includes the telling by the teacher of suitable stories from the Bible stories of primitive peoples of child life in other lands of famous persons and peoples; and the oral reproduction of these stories by the pupils. In this way history literature and compos... More

"Value of Scientific Knowledge. -In the practice of any intelligent occupation or art, in so far as the practice attains to perfection, there are manifested in the processes certain scientific principles and methods to which the work of the one practising the art conforms. In the successful practice... More

Works included: The Children's Song Rudyard Kipling, Our Country Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Tom Tulliver at School George Eliot, Ingratitude William Shakespeare, The Giant Charles Mackay, The Discovery of America William Robertson, The First Spring Day Christina G. Rossetti, The Battle of the Pipes Robe... More

"The selections in the HIGH SCHOOL READER have been chosen with the belief that to pupils of such advancement as is required for entrance into High Schools and Collegiate Institutes, oral reading should be taught from the best literature, inasmuch as it not only affords a wide range of thought and s... More

"History may be made, in several ways, an important factor in forming intelligent, patriotic citizens: (a) It must be remembered that society, with all its institutions, is a growth, not a sudden creation. It follows that, if we wish to understand the present and to use that knowledge as a guide to ... More

"This Manual is issued for the purpose of encouraging the introduction and furthering the progress of Household Science in the rural schools of this Province. There are 903 urban and 5,697 rural schools, and 45.87% of the school population is in attendance at the latter schools. The value of Househo... More