Excerpt from Talks on Psychology: Applied to Teaching for Teachers and Normal Institutes<br><br>This llttle book on the elements of applled Psychol ogy has been wrltten for the sole purpose of helprng the teacher ln preparing for more efiectlve work m the school-room. Many mstructors ln our common and graded schools are famrhar wrth the branches they teach, but deficrent ln knowledge of the mental powers whose development they seek to promote. But no pro ficlency m scrence or art that does not 1nclude the study of mrnd, can ever qualrfy the student for the work of the teacher. He must comprehend fully not only the objects studled by the learner, but the efiorls put forth in studylng them, the eject of these efforts on the faculty exerted, and thelr results ln the form of accurate knowledge. How can the teacher deal successfully W1th these fundamental facts of Psychology, wrthout havmg first mastered them hlmself? Indeed, 1t 1s urged by eminent educators everywhere that a knowledge of the branches to be taught, and a knowledge of the m1nd to be tramed thereby, are equally essent1al to successful teaching.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.