The Methods Of Teaching Shorthand

Excerpt from The Methods of Teaching Shorthand: A Practical Treatise on the Solutions of Classroom Problems In the pages which follow there is outlined a plan of instruction for shorthand classes that, it is hoped, will furnish practical solutions to many of the problems that confront the teacher in the classroom. So far as known this is the first attempt to formulate the principles of shorthand instruction using modem principles of pedagogy as a basis; it will probably be followed by similar books dealing with the pedagogy of other commercial subjects, for preparation for a business career is every day becoming more important and it is only a matter of a very short time when the most efficient methods of imparting this knowledge or skill will be established. At the present time there are many ideas in this branch of education that are unthinkingly accepted and have for their raison d'etre only a questionable tradition. The principles of instruction formulated in this book took form as a result of the work done in connection with the course which the writer gave for two years in the Methods of Teaching Shorthand and Typewriting at Adelphi College, Brooklyn. The teachers who were enrolled brought their classroom problems for discussion and the experience of the many was used to find the solution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.