1918 The teaching of hygiene in the grades HC Book By J.Mace Andress PHD

Description: Excellent condition or better. Riverside Educational Monographs EDITED BY HENRY SUZZALLO PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE THE TEACHING OF HYGIENE IN THE GRADES BY J. MACE ANDRESS, PH.D. HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, BOSTON NORMAL SCHOOL FORMERLY HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY AND HYGIENE, STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, WORCESTER, MASS. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON, NEW YORK AND CHICAGO The Riverside Press Cambridge ----------- 3 ----------- To W. H. BURNHAM PIONEER IN HEALTH EDUCATION ----------- 3 ----------- COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY J. MACE ANDRESS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The Riverside Dress CAMBRIDGE. MASSACHUSETTS U.S.A ----------- 4 ----------- CONTENTS EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION PREFACE . I. THE FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE OF HYGIENE IN THE CURRICULUM . vii A. E: xi . I II. THE STATUS OF THE TEACHING OF HYGIENE. 12 III. THE GOALS OF INSTRUCTION IV. SUGGESTIONS ON METHOD V. IMPORTANT PROBLEMS AND THEIR SOLUTION VI. THE TEACHING OF HYGIENE IN THE RURAL SCHOOLS 26 $39 86 . 150 BIBLIOGRAPHY . 165 SELECTED LIST OF BEST REFERENCE Books FOR TEACHERS. . 172 OUTLINE . 175 ----------- 5 ----------- EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION THE impotency of mere knowledge is gradually being recognized by the schoolmaster. Long he has believed in the magical influence of informa- tion about human conduct. Centuries of unchang- ing pedagogical tradition bear witness to his faith in the omnipotence of facts. Now, somewhat sud- denly, this sublime confidence in pure, or rather isolated, intellectual training, is disturbed by lay critic and psychological skeptic. As long as theory and practice were the sep- arate responsibilities of two different classes of people, the dependence of each on the other could not be fully perceived, and in consequence the assumed self-sufficiency of each was safe from destruction. It is precisely because contempo- raneous intellectuality has assumed practical aims, and because practical work has sought an efficiency that requires scientific aid, that we are now no longer content in education to worship pure learnedness. When learning ceases to be worshiped exclusively for its own sake and comes to gain the sanction of the actual service it may vii ----------- 6 ----------- THE TEACHING OF HYGIENE IN THE GRADES I THE FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE OF HYGIENE IN THE CURRICULUM HYGIENE is an applied science of practical value having as its objects the conservation and im- provement of man's health and the lengthening of human life. That health is of fundamental im- portance in life and education, taking precedence over all other values, is the thesis of this chapter. 1. The value of health It is a common experience that loss of health and life leads to keen mental and physical anguish. If hygiene can alleviate this suffering in the slight- est degree, its position in the elementary-school curriculum is abundantly justified, but it may do more; for preventable illness or postponable death is always a distinct economic waste. It is possi- ble within reasonable limits to estimate this eco- nomic waste and so put a monetary value on a I ----------- 7 ----------- Freeman's The Teaching of Handwriting Haliburton and Smith's Teaching Poetry in the Grades Hartwell's The Teaching of History Haynes's Economics in the Secondary School Hill's The Teaching of Civics Horne's The Teacher as Artist Hyde's The Teacher's Philosophy Jenkins's Reading in the Primary Grades Kendall and Stryker's History in the Elementary Grades Kilpatrick's The Montessori System Examined Leonard's English Composition as a Social Problem Lewis's Democracy's High School Maxwell's The Observation of Teaching Meredith's The Educational Bearings of Modern Psy- chology Palmer's Ethical and Moral Instruction in the Schools Palmer's Trades and Professions Perry's Status of the Teacher Palmer's Self-Cultivation in English Palmer's The Ideal Teacher Prosser's The Teacher and Old Age Russell's Economy in Secondary Education Smith's Establishing Industrial Schools Snedden's The Problem of Vocational Education Suzzallo's The Teaching of Primary Arithmetic Suzzallo's The Teaching of Spelling Swift's Speech Defects in School Children Terman's The Teacher's Health Thorndike's Individuality Trowbridge's The Home School Weeks's The People's School 3016 RIVERSIDE EDUCATIONAL MONOGRAPHS Edited by HENRY SUZZALLO Atwood's The Theory and Practice of the Kindergarten Andress's The Teaching of Hygiene in the Grades Bailey's Art Education Betts's New Ideals in Rural Schools Betts's The Recitation Bloomfield's Vocational Guidance of Youth Cabot's Volunteer Help to the Schools Campagnac's The Teaching of Composition Cole's Industrial Education in Elementary Schools Cooley's Language Teaching in the Grades Cubberley's Changing Conceptions of Education Cubberley's The Improvement of Rural Schools Dewey's Interest and Effort in Education Dewey's Moral Principles in Education Dooley's The Education of the Ne'er-Do-Well Earhart's Teaching Children to Study Eliot's Education for Efficiency Eliot's Concrete and Practical in Modern Education Emerson's Education Evans's The Teaching of High School Mathematics Fairchild's The Teaching of Poetry in the High School Fiske's The Meaning of Infancy $.75 .75 .75 .75 -75 .75 -75 -40 ********9999*9**9999************* 40 40 -40 40 .75 40 -75 -75 40 40 40 .40 .75 .40 .75 .75 .40 .75 .75 .40 .40 .75 .75 .40 .75 .75 .75 .75 .40 .40 40 .40 40 .75 40 .75 40 .75 .75 .75 .75 40 .75 .75

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