O'Shea's 1921 textbook interprets mental development for classroom problems and adds over one hundred pages of problem material for practice in thinking¶
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q1 i? The reviewer reports that O'Shea's textbook is written around two questions: how the individual normally responds at different developmental periods to typical physical, intellectual, esthetic and social situations, and how he can best appropriate the materials and benefits of education for use in daily life. → New Publications 1921
q1 i? The reviewer reports that the book's Part III problem material occupies over one hundred pages and furnishes practice in the sort of thinking reflected in improved teaching. → New Publications 1921 (2)
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New Publications 1921¶
New Publications. (1921). New Publications. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://www.jstor.org/journal/jeducpsych
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A review of O'Shea's Mental Development and Education (1921), a textbook designed for teachers in service and those preparing to teach. The reviewer describes its two organizing questions, the first of which is quoted here, and its three-part structure of dynamic aspects, educational interpretations, and exercises.
"The book is written around two questions: 1. How does the individual normally respond at different periods in his development to the typical situations—physical, intellectual, esthetic and social— in which he is placed?"
New Publications 1921 (2)¶
New Publications. (1921). New Publications. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://www.jstor.org/journal/jeducpsych
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The same review describes Part III's problem material, full of quotations from other writers correlated with preceding chapters: "It occupies over one hundred pages, and furnishes a wealth of opportunities for practice in the sort of thinking which is reflected in improved teaching."
"It occupies over one hundred pages, and furnishes a wealth of opportunities for practice in the sort of thinking which is reflected in improved teaching."
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O'Shea's 1921 textbook interprets mental development for classroom problems and adds over one hundred pages of problem material for practice in thinking |
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O'Shea's 1921 textbook interprets mental development for classroom problems and adds over one hundred pages of problem material for practice in thinking |
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