Health and cleanliness : a text book for teachers
1938-03 1938 1930s 69 pages : illustrations 10 HEALTH AND CLEANLINESS Consequently, whatever may be said regarding the teaching of cleanliness can be of the most general character only. Practical teachers will realise that teaching is a far greater matter than the mere giving of lessons, and that...
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| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
| Language: | English English |
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London : Health and Cleanliness Council
March 1938
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/587D6482-7B21-464B-8F06-269484CB85E8 http://hdl.handle.net/10796/2E0DF668-DAAD-43E4-9D7C-2DB1DA762993 |
| Summary: | 1938-03
1938
1930s
69 pages : illustrations
10 HEALTH AND CLEANLINESS Consequently, whatever may be said regarding the teaching of cleanliness can be of the most general character only. Practical teachers will realise that teaching is a far greater matter than the mere giving of lessons, and that lessons of themselves accomplish very little, in spite of the pathetic faith that numbers of people still have in them. Nevertheless, lessons must be given, and information imparted by means of them. But it is clear that the mere material of the lessons must vary widely; being determined by the ages of the pupils and the general character of their interests, the type of home in which they live, the general character of the methods of education followed in the school, and the background of knowledge with which the subject-matter of lessons on cleanliness may be correlated. The teacher who is about to give a lesson on some topic connected with cleanliness will therefore take all these factors into account; and will further bear in mind that his object is not merely to give information about cleanliness in such a way that children will be able to answer questions about the lesson, but to teach cleanliness in such ways that its practice will follow as a result. It is obvious, therefore, that mere information, even if imparted in ways that are interesting and pedagogically commendable, is not enough. Mere knowledge of the laws of health is not, in itself, the whole reason for the personal cleanliness of men and women. Other factors co-operate. The motive of cleanliness is a mixed one, composed of a number of motives tending in the same direction, some of which are "rational" in their nature, whilst others appear to be of the kind it is customary to speak of as "instinctive." The more motives we can join together in a single motive, the stronger will this latter be; and hence the teacher who wishes children to form habits of cleanliness will endeavour to make a variety of appeals, all tending in the same direction. He will realise that some of these appeals
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