Child training as an exact science : a treatise based upon the principles of modern psychology, normal and abnormal, by George W. Jacoby.

  • Jacoby, George W., 1856-1940.
Date:
[1914], [©1914]
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Credit: Child training as an exact science : a treatise based upon the principles of modern psychology, normal and abnormal, by George W. Jacoby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    selves during its developmental period that are responsible for the faults and errors so frequently encountered in the history of pedagogic practise. Deductions made from false premises necessarily will be incorrect. If the mind of the child is not correctly understood, practical education and in- struction, being built upon a false basis, in the particular case, can not be correct. That is quite evident. What is to be said of the physical treat- ment of the child, of the proper diet, the training of sensory activity, the coordination of muscular movements, the development of the attention and the powers of speech, the combating of bad habits, the instruction in all manner of attainments and dexterity, the development of emotional life and of the activity of the will, or whatever else is yet to be said about the very difficult process of edu- cating the mind and forming the character, I have endeavored to present in accordance with the most modern views of science. Finally, I must remark that I have considered it necessary to pre- lude the actual subject matter of my book by a historical survey. An insight into the formative period of a science, the presentation of the labor which has been required for its development and