APPENDIX 



THE STUDY OF PHYSIOLOGY IN ELEMENTARY 

 SCHOOLS 



Within a few years the methods of teaching physiology have 

 changed radically for the better. No progressive teacher of to-day 

 rests content with merely teaching the text. The text-book has come 

 to be regarded only as a convenient helper, a crutch to lean upon, a 

 basis upon which to build good work. Hence every topic in this 

 text-book should be more fully explained, amplified, and illustrated. 

 To secure the best results, a great variety of exercises should be 

 arranged to help fasten the facts in the pupil's memory and to make 

 the study interesting, useful, and practical. The author begs leave 

 in this connection to present in outline a few of the more practical 

 helps which have been utilized and tested in conducting classes in 

 elementary physiology. 



1. Preliminary Oral and Written Work. Teachers should give 

 their pupils a pleasant introduction to the work by a familiar talk 

 on the general subject of studying physiology and hygiene. One 

 or two lessons may be devoted to this topic. A carefully prepared 

 outline should be written on the blackboard with catchwords enough 

 to allow the pupil to follow readily. Impromptu questions and 

 answers should be encouraged. The outline should be copied by 

 the pupils into blank books with such catchwords as may make the 

 meaning clear for future reference. The several points should be 

 clinched with many homely and striking bits of information and 

 picturesque illustrations. 1 



1 A suggestive blackboard outline to cover this point, together with a more 

 detailed discussion of the several topics treated in this Appendix, may be found in 

 the author's little book entitled " How to Teach Physiology," a handbook for 

 teachers. A copy of this pamphlet will be sent postpaid on receipt of ten cents to 

 any address by the publishers of this book. 



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