Thursday, 27 June 2019

Quote of the Day

"From about twelve onwards, pupils should learn that text-books are little more than convenient summaries, and that they contain by no-means everything that a boy or girl of that age wants to know."
A. J. Herbertson
Quoted in J. W. Adamson "The Principle of Instruction' (1907)

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