The noted classicist presents his educational methodology, within the context of history, from the Sophists to modern teaching.
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.
Introduction
p. 3
Teaching constantly changes
p. 3
It covers many different subjects in school and college
p. 3
It is widely practiced by ordinary people in daily life
p. 4
It is difficult and important
p. 6
This book is an outline of its methods, not of its subjects
p. 6
The Teacher
p. 8
His rewards and his difficulties
p. 8
The qualities of a good teacher
p. 12
Knowing the subject
p. 12
Liking the subject
p. 18
Liking the pupils
p. 25
Bad schools and bad classes
p. 27
Knowing the pupils
p. 33
Youngsters
p. 33
Individuals and types
p. 37
Eccentrics
p. 41
Knowing other things
p. 48
Humor
p. 53
The abilities of a good teacher
p. 57
Memory
p. 58
Will-power
p. 59
Kindness
p. 63
The Teacher's Methods
p. 66
Preparation
p. 66
Planning
p. 66
Renewal of material
p. 80
Communication
p. 86
The three methods
p. 87
Lecturing
p. 89
Delivery
p. 89
Notes and their use
p. 97
Punctuation
p. 103
Tutoring
p. 107
Invention and purpose
p. 107
Difficulty
p. 108
Value
p. 109
Methods described
p. 111
Recitation
p. 116
Examinations
p. 118
Questions and discussion
p. 124
Competition
p. 129
The uses of tradition
p. 132
Punishment
p. 142
Fixing the impression
p. 146
Review
p. 148
Questions
p. 149
Statement of outstanding problems
p. 150
Great Teachers and Their Pupils
p. 154
The sophists
p. 154
Socrates
p. 156
Plato
p. 160
Aristotle and Alexander
p. 163
Jesus
p. 168
Good teachers and bad pupils
p. 176
Good schools and bad products
p. 181
Good fathers and bad sons
p. 182
An explanation and some remedies
p. 185
Renaissance teachers
p. 189
The Jesuit teachers
p. 195
Teachers of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
p. 199
Fathers of great men
p. 222
Professional men
p. 224
Amateurs
p. 227
Teaching in Everyday Life
p. 234
Fathers and mothers
p. 234
Husbands and wives
p. 236
Executives
p. 237
Doctors
p. 237
Psychiatrists
p. 238
Clergymen and priests
p. 239
Advertisers, publicists, propagandists
p. 240
Communist education of prisoners
p. 242
Authors and artists
p. 244
Principles of everyday teaching
p. 248
Notes
p. 251
Index
p. 261
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