Johnson, George Ellsworth, 1862-1931 · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn & company · leaf 44
s of his time, proposed to teach by playand have his pupil learn even mathematics through recrea-tion and amusement. 30 EDUCATION BY PLAYS AND GAMES Erasmus suggested that the teacher should palHate thetedium of drill in reading and writing by an attractivemethod. The ancients modeled toothsome… … Nature Interest — Chasing a Squirrel The Jesuits made a conspicuous endeavor to utilize thegame spirit in education by means of their cemulus, a devicewhich they carried to an extreme. Each boy in school waspitted against some other boy in a kind of intellectual wres-tling match; there was not a…
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