Project Gutenberg 2009-10-20 Public domain in the USA. 159 Sands, Nathaniel 06029212 The Philosophy of Teaching The Teacher, The Pupil, The School Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Stephanie Eason, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Philosophy of Teaching" by Nathaniel Sands is an educational treatise published in the late 19th century. This book aims to explore the principles and practices of effective education, emphasizing the roles of the teacher, the pupil, and the school. Sands critiques conventional teaching methods of his time, advocating for a more thoughtful and nature-aligned approach to education. In this work, Sands argues that education should be a natural and organic process, focused on the intellectual and moral development of the child. He contends that the teacher's role is not simply to impart knowledge through rote learning but to engage students actively in their learning by tapping into their innate curiosity and the natural world around them. The text emphasizes the necessity of practical knowledge, such as sciences and social economy, over classical studies like Latin and Greek, which Sands believes contribute little to students' real-life applicability and well-being. Ultimately, he envisions a reform in educational philosophy that nurtures children into well-rounded, capable individuals who contribute positively to society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 49.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Teaching LB Text Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Teaching & Education 124371 2025-08-12T11:24:36.114336 text/html 102367 2024-10-24T20:28:23 text/html 119238 2025-08-12T11:24:41.246338 application/epub+zip 118735 2025-08-12T11:24:38.519348 application/epub+zip 113106 2025-08-12T11:24:37.488354 application/epub+zip 234509 2025-08-12T11:24:43.251367 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 221925 2025-08-12T11:24:40.636338 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 191767 2022-09-14T05:33:03.456581 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 111836 2025-08-12T11:24:35.769366 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 91858 2024-10-24T20:28:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15706 2025-08-12T11:24:43.373331 application/rdf+xml 13313 2025-08-12T11:24:37.983339 image/jpeg 3808 2025-08-12T11:24:37.737318 image/jpeg 114121 2025-08-12T11:24:36.128347 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog