ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS. xilV 



CHAPTERS VII AND VIII. 

 Principles Determining Method in Nature Study. 



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I. METHOD INVOLVES CONSIDERATION OF THREE TOPICS ... 144 



A. The study of material, including 



1. Presentation of matter to pupils. 



2. Expression by pupils. 



3. Relation to other school-work. . 



B. The selection of material for study. 



C. The arrangement of material and formulation of a 



course of study. 

 II. AIMS IN NATURE STUDY, DETERMINING METHOD .... 145 



A. Resume of aims already formulated. 



B. Ultimate and mediate aims. 



C. Importance of understanding aim. 



D. Care in stating aim. 



III. PRINCIPLES OR LAWS OF CHILD MIND MOST IMPORTANT T N 



METHOD '' ;". . 148 



A. Sense perception 150 



1. Importance. 



2. Neglect of, in education of past. 



B. Apperception ..'..* 152 



1. Definition. 



2. Comparison with physiological assimilation. 



3. Basis for other laws enumerated. 



C. Interest 154 



1. Relation to previous steps. 



2. Comparison with appetite. 



3. Value of sympathetic interest. 



4. Direct and indirect interest. 



5. Means of maintaining interest. 



a. Apperceptive work. 



b. Novelty. 



c. Participation, or self-activity. 



d. Personification, or imaginative work. 



D. Imagination 158 



1. Definition and kinds. 



a. Reproductive imagination or memory. 

 6. Constructive imagination. 



2. Memory. 



a. Importance in education. 



b. Means of training memory. 



1'. Laying foundation in sense-perception. 

 2'. Importance of association in establishing 



relations. 

 3'. Necessity of repetition or drill. 



