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Excerpt from School Economy: A Treatise on the Preparation, Organization, Employments, Government, and Authorities of Schools
Under the head of School Economy could be considered the preparation for, and the organization of, the school, and the conditions of its efficient working; under that of Methods of Instruction, an investigation could be made into the nature of knowledge and the methods of imparting it; under that of Methods of Culture, the physical and mental constitution of man could be examined, and an effort could be made to arrive at the best means of developing and strengthening it; and under that of the History of Education, there could be related the success or the failure, the causes and effects, of the various educational systems and efforts which have characterized the past.
The preceding classification of the object-matter of Teach ing was made after several years of careful study, and an experience in teaching of almost a quarter of a century.
In the summer of 1855, about one hundred and fifty teachers, of the county of Lancaster, in the State of Pennsylvania, assem bled to receive professional instruction, during three months.
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