Project Gutenberg 2010-01-25 Public domain in the USA. 280 Hart, John S. (John Seely) 1810 1877 Hart, John Seely In the School-Room: Chapters in the Philosophy of Education Produced by Jonathan Ingram 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.) "In the School-Room: Chapters in the Philosophy of Education" by John S. Hart is a philosophical work focusing on educational practices, written in the late 19th century. The text appears to be derived from the author’s extensive experience in various teaching environments and aims to provide insights on effective teaching methods and the philosophy behind education. The initial chapters delve into the nature of teaching, contrasting it with mere information delivery, emphasizing the importance of engaging students actively in the learning process. The beginning of the book introduces the concept of teaching as a cooperative process, where true learning emerges from the active involvement of the student rather than passive reception of information. Hart critiques the traditional metaphors of teaching and stresses the importance of fostering a student's inherent capacities for learning. He argues that teaching is about guiding students to discover knowledge themselves and emphasizes the significance of memory and the art of questioning in education. The foundation laid in these early chapters sets the tone for a broader exploration of educational practices, illustrating Hart's commitment to developing a well-rounded philosophy of teaching. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 58.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Teaching LB Text Browsing: Teaching & Education Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Teaching & Education 493586 2025-06-12T16:37:22.128748 text/html 496598 2021-01-06T01:41:57 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 176278 2021-01-06T01:41:57 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 277893 2025-06-12T16:37:31.851731 application/epub+zip 279439 2025-06-12T16:37:25.909754 application/epub+zip 259757 2025-06-12T16:37:24.452778 application/epub+zip 559662 2025-06-12T16:37:36.698722 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 512533 2025-06-12T16:37:30.823701 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 406640 2022-09-14T09:52:07.570199 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 463746 2025-06-12T16:37:21.385786 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 463475 2021-01-06T01:41:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 168640 2021-01-06T01:41:57 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 463486 2021-01-06T01:41:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 168600 2021-01-06T01:41:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20129 2025-06-12T16:37:36.847676 application/rdf+xml 20920 2025-06-12T16:37:25.032739 image/jpeg 4541 2025-06-12T16:37:24.743778 image/jpeg 260331 2025-06-12T16:37:22.171769 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 en.wikipedia