Project Gutenberg 2006-10-29 Public domain in the USA. 47 McMurry, Charles A. (Charles Alexander) 1857 1929 McMurry, Charles Alexander The Elements of General Method, Based on the Principles of Herbart Reading ease score: 56.9 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. E-text prepared by Al Haines "The Elements of General Method, Based on the Principles of Herbart" by Charles A. McMurry is an educational treatise written in the late 19th century. The work explores pedagogical concepts grounded in the Herbartian principles, highlighting the importance of moral character development within education. It aims to guide educators in effectively integrating these principles into their teaching methodologies. The beginning of the text introduces the Herbart School of Pedagogy, detailing its influence in Germany and the enthusiasm it has generated among American educators. McMurry emphasizes the need for education to transcend mere knowledge acquisition, advocating for an educational aim centered on moral character-building. He sets the stage for discussing various educational challenges and the alignment of curricula with the moral objectives of teaching. The opening chapters raise pressing questions regarding the true purpose of education, encouraging reflective thought about the methodologies employed in schools. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Education Teaching Herbart, Johann Friedrich, 1776-1841 LB Text Browsing: Teaching & Education 394411 394349 2024-10-08T14:22:07.915500 2023-09-09T05:15:02.777286 text/html text/html 394404 394342 2024-10-08T14:22:08.173456 2023-09-09T05:15:02.920275 text/html text/html 232580 2024-10-08T14:22:16.326423 application/epub+zip 237259 2024-10-08T14:22:11.887436 application/epub+zip 206973 2024-10-08T14:22:10.563468 application/epub+zip 503019 2024-10-08T14:22:19.812423 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 478420 2024-10-08T14:22:15.492410 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 435914 2022-09-09T10:31:48.738837 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 375295 375284 2024-10-08T14:22:07.565446 2023-09-09T05:15:02.531253 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 375055 2006-10-29T15:29:41 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 133620 2006-10-29T15:29:41 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 375068 2006-10-29T15:29:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 133616 2006-10-29T15:29:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20724 2024-10-08T14:22:19.944389 application/rdf+xml 24095 2024-10-08T14:22:11.107431 image/jpeg 4540 2024-10-08T14:22:10.836441 image/jpeg 230323 2024-10-08T14:22:08.207462 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia