The notion that individuals differ in various abilities, capacities and personality characteristics necessitates the adoption of individual tendencies in education. It compels the teachers to realize following facts:
In any group there are individuals, who deviate from the norms of the group. Along with the average, […]
English is the most widely spoken language in the world. It is the mother-tongue of more than 320 million people and another 200 million use it as their second language. Until recently it was believed that Chinese, which was supposed to be the mother- tongue of over 700 million people, had the largest number of […]
Language skills, like any other skills, can be acquired only through practice. In the case of the mother tongue, the child gets sufficient scope for this practice in his daily environment. He uses the language at home, in the playground, at school - everywhere. And he has so many teachers: his parents, other members of […]
“No subject is ever well understood and no art is intelligently practiced, if the light which the other studies are able to throw upon it is deliberately shut out.” Education is a co-ordinated process. Teaching of various subjects is hence correlated. Herbert first conceived the idea of correlating the teaching of various subjects. Later on […]