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Download full textEdwards, Richard, Comp.; Boltwood, Henry L., Comp. – Geo. Sherwood & Co, 1877
In this textbook an attempt has been made to bring together as much, and as great a variety, of choice literature as a book of this size could contain. Great care has been taken to secure pieces of positive merit in all respects, and to admit only such. This textbook is intended to furnish the higher classes in schools with a pleasing variety of…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Poetry, Prose, English Instruction
Peer reviewedWillinsky, John – Research in the Teaching of English, 1990
Argues that, although Matthew Arnold was instrumental in launching English literature in Britain as a proper school subject, he purposively limited the extent of literature's educational value. (MG)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Methods, Educational Practices, English Curriculum
Teaching Language through Agriculture and Domestic Science. Bulletin, 1912, No. 18. Whole Number 490
Leiper, M. A. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1912
One of the most difficult problems of modern school practice is how to prevent overcrowding the curriculum, breaking up the school day into small fragments of time devoted to disconnected tasks, and dissipating the energies of the children to such an extent that the process of education is hindered rather than helped by the attempts to enrich and…
Descriptors: Educational Methods, Agriculture, Agricultural Education, Rural Schools
