The Art of Teaching

The Art of Teaching

by Gilbert Highet
The Art of Teaching

The Art of Teaching

by Gilbert Highet

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Overview

The noted classicist presents his educational methodology, within the context of history, from the Sophists to modern teaching.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780679723141
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 03/13/1989
Edition description: Reissue
Pages: 288
Sales rank: 671,435
Product dimensions: 5.20(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.65(d)

About the Author

Gilbert Highet was a Scottish-American writer, intellectual, and educator. He is best remembered for his work in humanities education in the twentieth century. He is the author of many books, including the seminal The Art of Teaching. He died in 1978.

Table of Contents

IIntroduction3
Teaching constantly changes3
It covers many different subjects in school and college3
It is widely practiced by ordinary people in daily life4
It is difficult and important6
This book is an outline of its methods, not of its subjects6
IIThe Teacher8
His rewards and his difficulties8
The qualities of a good teacher12
Knowing the subject12
Liking the subject18
Liking the pupils25
Bad schools and bad classes27
Knowing the pupils33
Youngsters33
Individuals and types37
Eccentrics41
Knowing other things48
Humor53
The abilities of a good teacher57
Memory58
Will-power59
Kindness63
IIIThe Teacher's Methods66
Preparation66
Planning66
Renewal of material80
Communication86
The three methods87
Lecturing89
Delivery89
Notes and their use97
Punctuation103
Tutoring107
Invention and purpose107
Difficulty108
Value109
Methods described111
Recitation116
Examinations118
Questions and discussion124
Competition129
The uses of tradition132
Punishment142
Fixing the impression146
Review148
Questions149
Statement of outstanding problems150
IVGreat Teachers and Their Pupils154
The sophists154
Socrates156
Plato160
Aristotle and Alexander163
Jesus168
Good teachers and bad pupils176
Good schools and bad products181
Good fathers and bad sons182
An explanation and some remedies185
Renaissance teachers189
The Jesuit teachers195
Teachers of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries199
Fathers of great men222
Professional men224
Amateurs227
VTeaching in Everyday Life234
Fathers and mothers234
Husbands and wives236
Executives237
Doctors237
Psychiatrists238
Clergymen and priests239
Advertisers, publicists, propagandists240
Communist education of prisoners242
Authors and artists244
Principles of everyday teaching248
Notes251
Index261
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