A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education

by James Gall

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Contents

1. Preface
2. On the Importance of establishing the Science of Education on a solid Foundation
3. On the Cultivation of Education as a Science
4. On the Improvement of Teaching as an Art
5. On the Establishment of Sound Principles in Education
6. A Comprehensive View of the several Educational Processes carried on by Nature
7. On the Method employed by Nature for cultivating the Powers of the Mind
8. On the Means by which Nature enables her Pupils to acquire Knowledge
9. On Nature's Method of communicating Knowledge to the Young by the Principle of Reiteration
10. On the Acquisition of Knowledge by the Principle of Individuation
11. On the Application of Knowledge by the Principle of Association, or Grouping
12. On the Acquisition of Knowledge by the Principle of Analysis, or Classification
13. On Nature's Methods of Teaching her Pupils to make use of their Knowledge
14. On Nature's Methods of Applying Knowledge by the Principle of the Animal, or Common Sense
15. On Nature's Method of applying Knowledge by means of the Moral Sense, or Conscience
16. On Nature's Method of Training her Pupils to Communicate their Knowledge
17. Recapitulation of the Philosophical Principles developed in the previous Chapters
18. On the Exercises by which Nature may be imitated in cultivating the Powers of the Mind
19. On the Methods by which Nature may be imitated in the Pupil's Acquisition of Knowledge; with a Review of the Analogy between the Mental and Physical Appetites of the Young
20. How Nature may be imitated in Communicating Knowledge to the Pupil, by the Reiteration of Ideas
21. On the Means by which Nature may be imitated in Exercising the Principle of Individuation
22. On the Means by which Nature may be imitated in Applying the Principle of Grouping, or Association
23. On the Methods by which Nature may be imitated in Communicating Knowledge by Classification, or Analysis
24. On the Imitation of Nature in Teaching the Practical Use of Knowledge
25. On the Imitation of Nature in Teaching the Use of Knowledge by means of the Animal or Common Sense
26. On the Imitation of Nature in Teaching the Practical Use of Knowledge by means of the Moral Sense, or Conscience
27. On the Application of our Knowledge to the Common Affairs of Life
28. On the Imitation of Nature, in training her Pupils fluently to communicate their Knowledge
29. On the General Principles which ought to regulate our choice of Truths and Subjects to be taught to the Young
30. On the particular Branches of Education required for Elementary Schools
31. On the Easiest Methods of Introducing these Principles, for the first time, into Schools already established
32. Notes

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