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Page 25 - To help pupils to find themselves — ie, to discover whether they have an aptitude for further study in chemistry or applied science, and, if so, to encourage such students to continue their study of science in university or technical school.
Page 20 - Contemplated as one grand whole, astronomy is the most beautiful monument of the human mind ; the noblest record of its intelligence.
Page 25 - To show the services of chemistry to the home, to health, to medicine, to agriculture, to industry, etc. — in a word, to show the service of chemistry to the Nation. 2. To develop this service in chemistry around these minimum standard topics, and, in...
Page 17 - A Study of Ants in their Relation to the Growing of Pineapples in Hawaii.
Page 6 - ... educational theory are various degrees of liberalism and conservatism. Two intermediate points of view deserve mention here. According to the first, the teacher is a trained observer who guides the interests of her pupils into activities that are purposeful and which have social value. In the classroom, subject-matter is still subordinate to activities. Whereas the teacher has clearly in mind a unified and carefully organized core of subject-matter, she does not rigidly require that it shall...
Page 30 - Should to help the pupils to understand the higher type of vocations in which physics is fundamental, such as mechanical and electrical professions and trades. This failure prevents physics from making the contribution which it should render in vocational and educational guidance, and also in giving a liberal understanding of the world's work.

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