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but HWY Pqgggifdgbgzrigred P0 Box 2270 6301-2210 Fonwavne-'NA Uhr Svtraifnrh Nnrmal ,Svrhnnl Q- HE foremost question in the edu- cational World today is that of technical education. A technical commission, appointed by the Domin- ion Government, is at present gather- ing evidence in European countries preparatory to presenting a report on this question, Dr. Seath, Superin- tendent of Education for Ontario, visited Europe last year, and the Edu- cation Department published his valuable report on this subject. Chan- Diz. SILCOX Y Y , , cellor Mclxay of McMaster University has been appointed Principal of the Toronto Technical School within the past few weeks. The latest movement in this Province has been the appointment of Dr. Merchant as Director of Technical Edu- cation for Ontario. - These events mean that some remarkable educational changes will be made in Canada in the next ten years, and unless each in- dividual teacher of today keeps in close touch with these changes he yi ill either retard the wheels of educational progress or else, finding himself incapable of meeting the demands of new conditions, must retire for those who understand them and can adjust themselves to them. The leaders in educational thought seem to be guided in these recent developments by the principle that thought never arises un- less there is a necessity for the reconstruction of experience. The necessity for a reconstruction of experience can be felt only when real problems have to be met. These problems may be concerned with material things or with symbols or with purely abstract ideas. A Japanese parent placed his son of eight years on a book-case seven feet high and told him that he must get down without hurting himself. By this plan he set up a neces- sity for reconstruction of experience in dealing with material condi- tions. Surveyors find it necessary to use formulae in their calcula- tions. The discovery of these formulae is essentially a problem in- 2
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The Classic June, 1911 yolving symbols. The Ontario Government expects Dr, Merchant to outline a satisfactory system of technical education for this Province. His problem is one that requires the examination of many ideas of his own and of other people. Our schools have not been providing the conditions which re- quire active thought. VVe have been content to learn what others have thought or are thinking, but such learning, if really a thought process at all, is of the most rudimentary kind. XVe must seek to present real problems for solution and the recent developments in technical education lead us to believe that a beginning in this direc- tion will soon be made. XVe need not wait until the new regulations are issued. We should supply the conditions that will produce sound thinking at once, and when the new order of things is established by law we shall be able to more than meet the requirements, and in addition feel that we have had some part in the improvements of conditions. The necessary development in technical education can scarcely be effected without good male teachers, and the present outlook should encourage young men to enter the teaching profession, with a view to subsequent advancement in this new line of educational work. Meantime let every teacher ask himself this question, daily,- How can I make my pupils feel the necessity for the reconstruction ol' their experience today and, as a result, secure real thinking? S. SILCOX, Principal. CIVICS. N terms of community life civic virtue is the aim of education. If one fails as a citizen nothing else can guarantee public service. Education for citizenship is a growth- Citizenship must gradually take shape from the experience of life, and it follows, therefore, that its political aspects which are most closely related to the voter, and which are finally determined by him, are very remote from children. And yet the science which deals with the civil administration of affairs of a country must have its roots in the simple experiences and relations of childhood. Every thing that adds to economy and efficiency in society and in the individual relates to good government and lies at the very foundation of civics. From this, it follows that the more opportuni- ties the school offers for the children to undertake a piece of work of real value, the more clearly the essentials of good government will appear to them and the more amenable to discipline they will be- come. Pupils are most difficult to control in those schools that pro- vide least for the individual physical activities of the children, and 3
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