Annual Report, Volume 41

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Board of Education, 1895
 

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Página 62 - ... the expiration of his term of office he will surrender and deliver over to his successor all unexpended moneys and all property which may have come into his hands as treasurer of such fund. Such bond shall be filed in the office of the clerk of such city, and in case of a breach of the same or the...
Página 53 - If at any time a teacher who is willing to continue is not re-employed or is discharged before the time when he or she would, under the provisions of this Act, be entitled to a pension, then such teacher shall be paid back at once the money he or she may have contributed under this law.
Página 85 - Indeed, science itself may be defined as the interpretation of each fact through all other facts of a kindred nature. Admitting that this is so, it is no less true that pedagogic method begins with the fragmentary knowledge possessed by the pupil and proceeds to organize it and build it out systematically in all directions. Hence any science may be taken up best on the side nearest the experience of the pupil and the investigation continued until the other parts are reached.
Página 86 - It is understood by your committee that the lessons in physiology and hygiene (with special reference to the effects of stimulants and narcotics) required by State laws should be included in this oral course in natural science. Manual training...
Página 209 - All moneys raised by taxation for school purposes, or received from the State common school fund, or Tfrom any other source, for school purposes, shall be held by the city treasurer as a special fund for school purposes, subject to the order of the board of education, upon warrants to be countersigned by the mayor and city clerk...
Página 84 - ... the elementary school; for example, the various branches of natural science, vocal music, manual training, physical culture, drawing, etc. Here the question of another method of instruction is suggested. There are lessons that require previous preparation by the pupil himself; there are also lessons that may be taken up without such preparation and conducted by the teacher, who leads the exercise and furnishes a large part of the information to be learned, enlisting the aid of members of the...
Página 87 - Your Committee would mention in this connection instruction in morals and manners, which ought to be given in a brief series of lessons each year with a view to build up in the mind a theory of the conventionalities of polite and pure-minded society. If these lessons are made too long or too numerous, they are apt to become offensive to the child's mind. It is of course understood by your Committee that the substantial moral training of the school is performed by the discipline rather than by the...
Página 138 - The absorption of the gaze upon adjustments within the machine prevents us from seeing the machine as a whole. The attention to details of coloring and drawing may prevent one from seeing the significance of the great work of art. The habit of parsing every sentence that one sees may prevent one from enjoying a sonnet of Wordsworth.
Página 87 - The higher moral qualities of truth-telling and sincerity are taught in every class exercise that lays stress on accuracy of statement. Your Committee has already discussed the importance of teaching something of algebraic processes in the seventh and eighth grades with the view to obtaining better methods of solving problems in advanced arithmetic; a majority of your Committee are of the opinion that formal English grammar should be discontinued in the eighth year, and the study of some foreign...
Página 83 - Committee has reviewed the staple branches of the elementary course of study in the light of their educational scope and significance. Grammar, literature, arithmetic, geography, and history are the five branches upon which the disciplinary work of the elementary school is concentrated. Inasmuch as reading is the first of the scholastic arts, it is interesting to note that the whole elementary course may be described as an extension of the process of learning the art of reading.

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