History Of Education - Seeley, Ph. D., Levi

The Importance Of A Knowledge Of The History Of Education Was Never So Fully Recognized As At The Present Time. Normal Schools And Teachers' Colleges Give This Subject A Prominent Place In Their Professional Courses, Superintendents Require Candidates For Certificates To Pass Examination In It, And Familiarity With It Is An Essential Part Of The Equipment Of Every Well-informed Teacher. The History Of Education Portrays The Theories And Methods Of The Past, Warns Of Error And Indicates Established Truth, Shows Difficulties Surmounted, And Encourages The Teacher Of To-day By Examples Of Heroism And Consecration On The Part Of Educators Whose Labors For Their Fellow-men We Discuss.