Sanctioned by the Commissioners of National Education, Ireland. TEACHER'S MANUAL OF METHOD AND ORGANISATION ADAPTED TO THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS OF GREAT BRITAIN, IRELAND, AND THE COLONIES BY ROBERT ROBINSON, INSPECTOR OF NATIONAL SCHOOLS, IRELAND. SECOND EDITION, REARRANGED AND IMPROVED. LONDON: LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 260. f. 20 OTHE PREFACE ΤΟ THE SECOND EDITION. THIS EDITION has been considerably altered with the view to make it a more valuable text-book for the teacher's guidance. Some of the chapters have been abridged, while others, especially those on arithmetic and geography, have been enlarged-arithmetic, by the addition of numerous questions calculated to test the child's intelligence; and geography, by a description of some plans which have been found effectual in keeping up the interest of the children during the lesson, and in securing a careful revision of the information communicated to them. In all the chapters, however, will be found alterations both in the wording and arrangement of the rules, &c., which it is hoped will be considered as improvements. The author has been guided, in making those changes, by the increased experience he has gained as an inspector, and by the numerous opinions on the first edition given to him by the teachers who have made use of it, and by inspectors and other educational authorities in different parts of the country. To the work is attached a short Appendix on the teaching of music, a subject which, the author regrets to say, is not yet met with sufficiently often as a regular part of the school course. |