...intellectually suicidal processes too often found in the young who ought to be buoyant with genuine life. In education the process of self-development should...investigations, and to draw their own inferences. They should be told as little as possible, and induced to discover as much as possible. Humanity has progressed solely...

...self-activity—the doing nothing for him which he is able to do for himself.—SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON. In education the process of self-development should be encouraged to the fullest extent.—HERBERT SPENCER. English National Education. Chapter I. The Reign of the Voluntary System....

...self-activity—the doing nothing for him which he is able to do for himself.— SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON. In- education the process of self-development should be encouraged to the fullest extent.—HERBERT SPENCER. English National Education. Chapter I. The Reign of the Voluntary System....

...child's mind grows like his body, by being nourished, not by being stretched on a rack. — COMENIUS. 10. In education the process of self-development should...investigations, and to draw their own inferences. They should be told as little as possible, and induced to discover as much as possible. Humanity has progressed solely...

...habituate the mind from the beginning to that practice of self help which it must ultimately follow. Children should be led to make their own investigations and to draw their own inferences. They should be told as little as possible, and induced to discover as much as possible." When the child has thoughts...

...be a minimum. " In education the process of self-development should be encouraged to the uttermost. Children should be led to make their own investigations and to draw their own inferences. They should be told as little as possible, and induced to discover as much as possible. . . . Any piece of knowledge...

...be a minimum. " In education the process of self-development should be encouraged to the uttermost. Children should be led to make their own investigations and to draw their own inferences. They should be told as little as possible, and induced to discover as much as possible. . . . Any piece of knowledge...

...great importance to that maxim which recommends us to encourage above all else self-education : — "In education the process of self-development should...investigations, and to draw their own inferences. They should be told as little as possible, and induced to discover as much as possible. Humanity has progressed solely...

...scope for individual work. Its method is believed to be in accord with Mr. Herbert Spencer's idea, that in education the process of self-development should be encouraged to the fullest extent. The plan of the book is such, that each pupil may gain his knowledge of the subject in that way of...

...proceeding through an empirical stage to a rational. § 26. 6. A second conclusion which Mr. Spencer draws is that, in education, the process of self-development should be encouraged to the utmost. Children should be led to Against " telling." Effect of bad teaching. make their own investigations,...