The Art of Teaching is conversational in tone and quite easy and enjoyable reading so far. I have been amused by some of the generalizations made that would now be completely politically incorrect. I am in the chapter on the teacher and what is required of him. What sort of
Homeschooling is never dull. Angels can fly because they can take themselves lightly. […] Solemnity flows out of men naturally; but laughter is a leap. It is easy to be heavy: hard to be light. G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy Life with a houseful of young ones, whom you must not only
Here is a pair of quotes from The Art of Teaching that, though they are 22 pages apart, together speak more to our roles as mothers than as school teachers. The Art of Teaching: Teaching happens, whether you intend it or not, and it is the how more than the
I just started The Art of Teaching by Gilbert Highet, and have been surprised at how easy to read and yet thought-provoking it has been: a mark of truly good writing. The Art of Teaching: What does it mean for teaching to be human? “Scientific” teaching, even of scientific subjects,