THE FOURTH YEARBOOK OF THE NATIONAL HERBART SOCIETY FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF TEACHING PREPARED FOR DISCUSSION AT THE WASHINGTON MEETING OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION 1898 EDITED BY CHARLES A. MCMURRY THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO CHICAGO The University of Chicago Press PREFACE THE FOURTH YEARBOOK of the National Herbart Society contains papers on the Ethical Value of Knowledge, on History and Geography, and also the Discussions of the Chattanooga meeting. These papers will be freely discussed at the two sessions of the Herbart Society, to be held at the City of Washington on the afternoons of Friday and Saturday, July 8 and 9, at three o'clock, in Foundry Church, Fourteenth and G streets. The members of the Society and all those interested in these papers should read them carefully before going to the Washington meeting of the N. E. A. It is suggested that local clubs arrange one or two meetings in June for the reading and discussion of this Yearbook. Many teachers have inquired about some definite course of readings in the pedagogy of Herbart. Such a Course of Study is carefully outlined with book-references at the close of this Yearbook. A statement is also given of the organization of the Herbart Society and of the terms of membership singly and in clubs. The Yearbooks may be ordered of the Secretary. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Chicago, Ill. CHARLES A. MCMURRY. THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL HERBART SOCIETY. CHARLES DE GARMO, NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, JOHN DEWEY, WILBUR S. JACKMAN, ELMER E. BROWN, FRANK M. MCMURRY, LEVI SEELEY, C. C. VANLIEW, CHARLES A. MCMURRY, Swarthmore College, President Columbia College, New York The University of Chicago Chicago Normal School University of California, Berkeley Columbia College, New York. State Normal School, Trenton, N. J. State Normal School, Los Angeles, Cal. The University of Chicago, Secretary CONTENTS. I The Relation of Knowledge to Will and Conduct, by James Seth, M.A., II The Social Function of United States History, by Professor John Bach III Method of the Social Function of History, by Professor M. G. Brumbaugh, University of Pennsylvania, IV The Social Function of History, Illustrated, Principal Frank Blair, V The Social Function of Geography, by Professor Spencer Trotter, VI Discussion Systematic Geography, by W. M. Davis, M.E., Harvard VII The Discussions at Chattanooga, February, 1898, by E. F. Buchner, VIII Plan and Purpose of the National Herbart Society, Local Clubs, Course of Study in the Pedagogy of Herbart, PAGE 7 26 31 44 57 81 |