Chapter I: Preface

The thoughtful observer must have noted in the recent past many indications of an awakened interest both in the concept of education and in school procedure on the part of school officials, teachers, and the public. Educators have been developing pedagogical principles that strike their roots deep into the philosophy of life, and now their pronouncements are invading the consciousness of people of all ranks and causing them to realize more and more that the school process is an integral part of the life process and not something detached from life.

The following pages constitute an attempt to interpret some of the school processes in terms of life processes, and to suggest ways in which these processes may be made identical.

It is hoped that teachers who may read these pages may find running through them a strand of optimism that will give them increased faith in their own powers, a larger hope for the future of the school, and an access of zeal to press valiantly forward in their efforts to excel themselves.

F. B. P.

COLUMBUS, OHIO, January, 1917.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. TEACHING SCHOOL
II. THE TEACHER
III. THE CHILD
IV. THE CHILD OF THE FUTURE
V. THE TEACHER-POLITICIAN
VI. SUBLIME CHAOS
VII. DEMOCRACY
VIII. PATRIOTISM
IX. WORK AND LIFE
X. WORDS AND THEIR CONTENT
XI. COMPLETE LIVING
XII. THE TIME ELEMENT
XIII. THE ARTIST TEACHER
XIV. THE TEACHER AS AN IDEAL
XV. THE SOCIALIZED RECITATION
XVI. AGRICULTURE
XVII. THE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY
XVIII. POETRY AND LIFE
XIX. A SENSE OF HUMOR
XX. THE ELEMENT OF HUMAN INTEREST
XXI. BEHAVIOR
XXII. BOND AND FEAR
XXIII. EXAMINATIONS
XXIV. WORLD-BUILDING
XXV. A TYPICAL VITALIZED SCHOOL

THE VITALIZED SCHOOL