Talks To Teachers On Psychology: and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals
William James, My Old Classics, My Old Classics
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Talks To Teachers On Psychology: and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals
William James, My Old Classics, My Old Classics
About This Book
Talks To Teachers On Psychology by William James - I. PSYCHOLOGY AND THE TEACHING ARTThe American educational organization, -What teachers may expect from psychology, -Teaching methods must agree with psychology, but cannot be immediately deduced therefrom, -The science of teaching and the science of war, -The educational uses of psychology defined, -The teacher's duty toward child-study.II. THE STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESSOur mental life is a succession of conscious 'fields, -They have a focus and a margin, -This description contrasted with the theory of ideas, -Wundt's conclusions, note.III. THE CHILD AS A BEHAVING ORGANISMMind as pure reason and mind as practical guide, -The latter view the more fashionable one to-day, -It will be adopted in this work, -Why so?-The teacher's function is to train pupils to behavior.