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Excerpt from The Educational Bearings of Modern Psychology It is not enough for the teacher to escape the narrowness of craft tradition. In the teaching of youth, the adult must escape himself. Our Whole tendency in dealing with human nature is to read ourselves into others. Grown people in the contacts of society or commerce Will correct each other's misconceptions for the time being, but it is really surprising how persistently people go through the world thinking that people are substantially like, themselves. When adults deal With children, the error of such expectations is shown up less clearly. In the presence of adult folks, little boys and girls do not Show all that there is of them selves. Often they conceal themselves under an obedience which gives the required overt act, but in which there is no heart and soul. Thus, the adult's misconceptions as to childhood and youth do not receive even the ordinary corrections which characterize adult relations. The teacher needs to remember always that there is a large gap between people. To this truth must be added another, that the gap between adults and children increases the younger children are. With these two safeguarding con ceptions, a sympathetic mind will go far toward making daily contacts with youth render greater wisdom. But the final appeal must be made to scientific methods. The science of psychology must be made to render service in the interpretation and con trol of human nature. Every teacher should be something of a psychologist. It is his knowledge of human nature which gives precision to his theory of human control and brings accuracy to his technique of education. The analytic cast of mind should not, of course. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.