Some Facts in Partial Justification of the So-Called Dogma of Discipline (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Some Facts in Partial Justification of the So-Called Dogma of DisciplineThe faculty psychology Of the last century is long since dead, and its resting place has almost been forgotten by the scientists Of today, its ghost, however, stalks abroad among the masses, and its spirit still lives in the pedagogical theories Of many an uncritical thinker. From this faculty psychology it is no far cry to the dogma of formal discipline in all its purity. The assumptions it contains are well expressed by a clergyman quoted by Professor James in the first volume Of his larger Psychology: As for my memory writes the clergyman, it has improved year by year. Like a gymnast's muscle. This is a favorite comparison, the likening Of memory, or attention or any other supposed psychic faculty to a muscle that can be developed for any use by any kind Of exercise, and that is made equally strong by rowing, or boxing, or chopping wood, provided that the exercise is vigorous enough, and having been made strong by one exercise, can be used equally well for all activities. NO less a scientist than Helmholtz is quoted by Coover and Angel]1 as valuing particularly certain studies as a means Of intellectual training, since these studies taxed equally all the intellectual powers. Here we have the doctrine of form al discipline and its pedagogical consequence expressed definitelv and clearly. The implication Of Helmholtz's assumption seems to be that there are definite mental powers and that these powers can be developed in all directions by certain well-chosen studies.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.