The Year-Book of Education for 1878 (Classic Reprint) - Henry Kiddle, Teacher's Edition, Paperback

• Release Date   6/4/2015
• ISBN-13   9781330252734 | 978-1-330-25273-4
• ISBN   133025273X | 1-330-25273-X
• Format   Paperback
• Author(s)   Henry Kiddle
• Excerpt from The Year-Book of Education for 1878The primary object of the Year-Book of Education is to supply a supplement to the Cyclopædia of Education, issued last year. It is obvious that every work of that kind needs to be continued, from time to time, in order to afford a full and correct presentation of the science and art of which it is intended to be the exponent. since, during each successive year, there is necessarily a considerable accumulation of fresh material, which should be embodied in its articles, particularly those of a statistical character, in order that they may furnish the reader with complete information upon each topic comprehended in the work.The addition of this material in the form of a year-book fulfills two important conditions: (1) it completes the main work, so as to obviate the need of any considerable alteration of its pages. and (2) it shows, when compared with the Cyclopædia itself, the progress made, during each succeeding year in each department treated. In relation to the latter point, it may be expected to present a considerable amount of information of equal, if not superior, interest to that contained in the Cyclopaedæ. since it is the living questions and issues of the present which, in educational matters especially, attract and engage the attention of the public.How widely the demand for the continuation of cyclopædias is felt, is clearly shown by the fact that the number of publishers of such works, both general and special, who provide for meeting this demand, is steadily increasing. The editors of the Cyclopædia of Education - a work which is already in the hands of many thousands of teachers and other educators, within a year after its publication - desire that those who read or consult it should have at hand a volume, or series of volumes, supplementing the information it contains. and they believe that this will be accomplished by the Year-Book now issued. They feel also that, in this …