The Teaching Of Latin In Secondary Schools Classic Reprint

Excerpt from The Teaching of Latin in Secondary Schools The keynote of modern pedagogy is a protest against tradition, whether in subject-matter or in methods of presentation. No subject of instruction has, when compared with other studies of the curriculum, so long a tradition behind it as has Latin. Inasmuch as every study in our modern system of education must, as is fitting, prove its ability to secure a definite result of actual worth, we shall first attempt to ascertain what credentials it needs to present to prove its right of admission as a subject of instruction. Unless a study can be correlated with something in the lives of our pupils - we are dealing with boys and girls of high-school age - then that study is useless; as idle as the inquiries of Tiberius at Capri when he wished to discover what song it was that the Sirens sang. It is true, that the mere fact of knowing something - Ah! la belle chose que de savoir quelque chose! - may enthuse a student for the moment, no matter whether the thing learned has some connection with vital matters or not; but later, when he perceives its isolation, the reaction may take the form of a violent protest against the whole subject of which the mental gymnastic was a part. Of this fact the writer can recall two instances, the one connected with arithmetic, the other with English grammar. His teacher in arithmetic insisted that in a case of division of fractions he must not invert the divisor and multiply, but work instead by the method of finding a greatest common divisor. 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.

Excerpt from The Teaching of Latin and Greek in the Secondary School Along with this appreciation of the substance of Roman thought went an appreciation for the form in which it was expressed. The Spirit of the day was anti-barbarous to a degree. Correctness and elegance of diction came to be a passion with the Latinists of the time. This tendency naturally went too far, and we notice the beginning of an arbitrary exaltation of the Ciceronian manner of speech as the sole example worthy of imitation, - an attitude which unfortunately, despite frequent and vigorous protest, is still widely prevalent to - day. 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.

Excerpt from The Case for Latin in Secondary Schools This pamphlet is meant to set out, briefly and simply, for the use not merely of those engaged in organising, carrying on, and improving the work of national education, but of ordinary people, and particularly of parents, the case for Latin in Secondary Schools; that is to say, in schools which, as defined by the Board of Education] offer a course of general education suitable for pupils of an age-range extending from 12 to 17 at least. Three points should first be stated, and must be borne in mind in order to make the scope of what follows clear: I. What is dealt with here is the case for Latin. The case for Greek is a different thing, and is not dealt with here: it would only confuse the issue. For the same reason, the substitution of Greek for Latin as a subject in the Secondary School course, an experiment which has been advocated in some quarters, and has here and there been tried, is not discussed. "The classics" in the ordinary use of the term mean Latin and Greek, and therefore that term will not be used at all except where it occurs in quotations. 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.

Excerpt from Study of Ability in Latin in Secondary Schools This investigation was begun when the writer was director of the Bureau of Educational Research connected with the New Hampshire Department of Public Instruction. A preliminary test was given in 1916. Most of the data contained in the present study were gathered near the end of the school year in 1917. The scoring of the papers and the tabulation of the data were done during the summer of that year. The study was made possible by funds with which to maintain the Bureau, granted by the General Education Board, for the purpose of carrying on scientific studies of educational practice. It should be stated that the General Education Board merely granted to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction the funds for maintaining the Bureau and in no way directed what investigations should be made. The Bureau acted entirely on its own initiative and accepts full responsibility for its findings. This monograph has been written for two classes of readers. There is a large class of people who are directly and very vitally interested in Latin as it is taught in both secondary school and college. They are mostly school and college teachers and administrators, who desire to know the results of any investigations which throw light upon defects in present methods of teaching Latin, and they are also interested in any suggestions in the direction of improved methods of instruction. Their interest is thus chiefly in the practical side of the investigation. There is also a large class, made up of scientific investigators in education, who are interested not only in the practical results of the investigation, but also in the methods by which the results are secured. They will insist upon a full presentation of the data from which the conclusions were derived. For this reason the data have been presented in as great detail as the limits of the monograph will permit. This study was undertaken for purely administrative purposes to answer certain questions with reference to the success with which Latin was being taught in the secondary schools of the State as a whole. Therefore, in many cases, a general average gives a sufficient answer. 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.

Excerpt from Elements of Latin IN the course of twelve years' experience in teaching Latin to beginners, the writer has become convinced of two facts: The first is that a textbook for secondary schools should be written from the standpoint of the secondary school, and therefore by a person who is familiar, from actual experience, with the condi tions of the classroom. Most of our textbooks for pupils begin ning Latin, however admirable in other respects, are written in such a way as to require for intelligent comprehension consider ably more maturity of judgment and understanding than the average beginner in Latin can be expected to possess. The second of these facts is that a book to be of the greatest help to the teacher, and thus secure the best results, should be so ar ranged as to enable the teacher to concentrate energy upon one thing at a time. 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.