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teacher, of forceful personality, interested in education and in 
human beings as well as in science. 
2. Teaching School Classes 
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden believes that intensive, quiet 
work with small groups of pupils gives more satisfactory results 
than any other method of teaching. Only by this method can 
information be imparted in a manner to yield the richest educa- 
tional results. Education and imparting information are not 
synonymous, and the ultimate aim, in all of our work with the 
schools, is education. 
Equipment and Methods 
For the handling of classes the Garden is well equipped with 
classrooms and laboratories and with a range of three instructional 
greenhouses. The conservatories are also regularly used for class 
instruction, as well as the plantations, mentioned under the pre- 
ceding heading. 
Teachers may arrange in advance to bring classes to the Garden 
and do their own teaching, using the Garden equipment; but most 
teachers find it more satisfactory to have the lesson given by a 
member of the Garden Staff—usually a member of the Department 
of Elementary Instruction or of the Department of Public Instruc- 
tion. 
These lessons serve not only for imparting information to pupils, © 
but also as model lessons of value to the teachers, who are always 
present as observers. 
A common method at the Botanic Garden is to give a prepara- 
tory lesson in the classroom, and then follow this up with a demon- 
stration in the conservatories or grounds. Classes are frequently 
brought from the schools on successive days for a series of related 
lessons. This plan is particularly satisfactory. 
Classroom lessons at the Garden are always richly illustrated 
with living and preserved plant material, and with charts, pictures 
and lantern slides. The Botanic Garden instructors always en- 
courage the asking of questions by teachers and pupils and, wher- 
ever the subject permits, discussion is encouraged. 
