A History of the Illinois State Normal Schools From 1857 to 1920

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Excerpt from A History of the Illinois State Normal Schools From 1857 to 1920: A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Literature, in Candidacy for the Degree of Master of Arts, Department of EducationBy a Normal School is meant an institution for the training of young men and women who aim to be teachers, to a thorough and practical knowledge of the duties of the school room, and to the best modes of reaching the heart and intellect, and of developing and building up the whole character of a child. From early times, the fitness of the teacher has been held as one condition of the learner's advancement. Adaptation to the work of instruction is one measure of the best service. And this art of teaching must be illustrated and exemplified by those who are to apply it in a training or model school specially equipped to prepare young men and women for the important business of school teaching.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.