02324nam 2200325 450 991052485520332120221226180659.0(CKB)4100000010460885(NjHacI)994100000010460885(EXLCZ)99410000001046088520221226d2019 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLouis Agassiz as a teacher illustrative extracts on his method of instruction : with an introductory note /Lane CooperIthaca, New York :Cornell University Press,2019.©19171 online resource (viii, 74 pages)1-5017-4057-1 By a succession of living pictures, as it were, this book shows the eminent naturalist in the very act of teaching. Sometimes he himself speaks, sometimes distinguished pupils of his reveal in their own words the process by which they were led to nature through direct and independent observation. The enthusiasm of their accounts is contagious. This collection of illustrative extracts on the ideals and practice of Louis Agassiz is probably unique in giving the actual methods of a great man of science in developing good students who could, in their turn, wisely instruct others. The book should be in the hands of all teachers, and of those who are preparing to teach. By a succession of living pictures, as it were, this book shows the eminent naturalist in the very act of teaching. Sometimes he himself speaks, sometimes distinguished pupils of his reveal in their own words the process by which they were led to nature through direct and independent observation. The enthusiasm of their accounts is contagious. This collection of illustrative extracts on the ideals and practice of Louis Agassiz is probably unique in giving the actual methods of a great man of science in developing good students who could, in their turn, wisely instruct others. The book should be in the hands of all teachers, and of those who are preparing to teach.925.9Cooper Lane1875-1959,177674NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910524855203321Louis Agassiz as a Teacher2587639UNINA