Principles of Secondary Education (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Alexander James Inglis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330593146 ISBN 13: 9781330593141

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A clear guide to how secondary education balances social aims, career preparation, and individual growth.

The book examines the big question of what secondary schooling should accomplish. It focuses on how schools address social-civic goals, economic and vocational preparation, and personal development, while honoring the different abilities and interests of each pupil. The text discusses several core functions that guide practice, from selecting and guiding students to diagnosing needs and directing learning paths.

• How aims of secondary education are defined and balanced for a diverse student body


• Why selective and differentiating approaches matter, and how they can be justified socially


• What diagnostic and guidance roles schools should play to help students discover their strengths


• How self-government, guidance, and the extracurricular context integrate with daily learning

Ideal for educators, student teachers, administrators, and policymakers seeking a concise framework for secondary education—its purposes, methods, and impact on learners and society.

About this title

Product Description

Excerpt from Principles of Secondary Education In this book the author has attempted to make a systematic analysis of the factors and principles involved in a constructive theory of secondary education. The theory herein developed is the outgrowth of the writers experience in secondary-school teaching and administration, together with his experience as a college instructor in the theory and practice of secondary education. The present volume presents the content and method employed in a course of the Principles of Secondary Education at Harvard University. After use in manuscript form for several years, the book is now published in the hope that it may prove of some value to teachers, administrators, and other students of education. Three factors must always determine the form which secondary education should assume: (a) the nature of the pupils to be educated;(6) the character of the social organization and of social ideals; (c)the means and materials available for educational purposes. Accordingly this volume is divided into three parts. Part I is devoted to a consideration of the raw material with which secondary education deals, i.e., boys and girls approximately twelve to eighteen years of age. Part II is devoted to a consideration of the secondary school as a social institution its character, place, and function. Part III is devoted to a consideration of the means and materials wherewith the aims of secondary education can be achieved. Throughout it has beeji the endeavor of the author to coordinate and correlate the various portions of the book in such a way as to develop a theory of secondary education in which the several elements are organically related and mutually consistent. 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, preserv

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1330593146
• ISBN 13: 9781330593141
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 767