FOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER SUGGESTION IN EDUCATION A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTIES OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOLS OF ARTS, DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (DEPARTMENT of pedagogy) BY WILLIAM ARTHUR CLARK, A.M. (Harvard), PH.D. (Chicago) C6 "To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching." -Amiel's Journal. PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS PREFATORY NOTE. THE publication of this thesis has been delayed in the hope that opportunity would be found for a fuller statement of the application of the fundamental principle of guidance through suggestion to practical school work; but no time has been found for such revision, and the dissertation is now given to the printer in the form in which it was originally accepted by the Faculties. NEBRASKA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, W. A. CLARK. |