CHAPTER V

THE INDUCTIVE LESSON

The importance of thinking—Preparation should end with statement of the problem by children—The gathering of data the work of pupils in so far as is possible—Suggestions for conducting excursions—The hypothesis in relation to comparison and abstraction—Not everything can be developed—Respect for the expert to be developed—Danger of helping children too much—The steps of the process cannot be sharply differentiated—Teaching by types 51-69