Parent and child : a treatise on the moral and religious education of children / by Sir Oliver Lodge.
- Oliver Lodge
- Date:
- 1910
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Parent and child : a treatise on the moral and religious education of children / by Sir Oliver Lodge. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![ficially systematic. System is ex- cellent in its proper place; but the bare facts must be approached first; the learner must be immersed in them to begin with, in a real practical way, without rules and conventions. Noth- ing but practice will make a subject familiar; and during the practice a “rule” here and there,—that is a con- venient summing up of the results of experience,—may be thrown in; if possible at a moment when it will be welcomed and assimilated. The same method should govern preliminary instruction in nature. Eschew what is called systematic science-teaching till a later stage; utilize at first children’s natural in- terest in phenomena. Immerse them [42]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2808679x_0046.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
