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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION. By D. Kennedy. Fraser. (Methuen. 68. Eid. net.)_
When Dr. Dreyer published his admirable Introduction to the Psychology of Education last year, he filled most- satis- factorily a blank space as far as an outline of the subject from the standpoint of pure psychology was concerned. But it was felt at the same time that a similar outline was needed from the point of view of the practical application of the more recent developments. Now Mr. Kennedy-Fraser has come along to supply this need in a thoroughly helpful way. His book is, admittedly, only an outline, but it clears the ground for more detailed work and will prove an excellent guide to primary and secondary school teachers. In general principles Mr. Kennedy-Fraser holds firmly to the functional view of education. He insists that stress should be laid upon the processes of thinking rather than upon the accumulation of facts. He brings all the recent developments of psychology to bear upon the relations, of teacher and pupil in working out the practical applications of his principles. In his dis- cussion of School Discipline and Adolescence as problems in the school, he mentions several experiments being tried in these connexions, but he fails to take any account of the so-called Dalton Plan. We should be most interested- to know what Mr; Kennedy-Fraser thinks of this experiment which seems to have opened up very important lines of development.
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