Download or read book The Training of Teachers (Classic Reprint) written by B. A. Hinsdale and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-02 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Training of Teachers The agencies of an institutional character for training teachers in the United States are the following: Normal schools and colleges, teachers' training classes, teachers' institutes, summer schools, university extension lectures, teachers' reading circles, chairs of education in colleges and universities, and teachers' colleges. None Of these agencies go far back in our history; all of them, on the contrary, sprang directly or indirectly out of the educational revival that began to Show marked power in the most progresswe countries early in the present century. We shall under stand the origin and development Of these agencies the better if we first glance at the preparation of teachers in the period preceding this revival. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.