Excerpt from School Efficiency a Manual of Modern School Management
This work is the outcome of many years of experience in school management and supervision, as well as in the teaching of these subjects in college and normal-school classes. Its aim is first of all to be practical and genuinely helpful to teachers, and in the next place to set higher ideals in this field than are usually associated with the practical attitude. Experience has convinced the author that the gap between theory and practice is more imaginary than necessary, and this work is largely an effort to bridge that chasm. I have tried to reconcile conflicting theories and to outline a concrete plan of procedure in which many of the fine but uncorrelated and fragmentary discussions may be harmonized. It is recognized that many widely known statements, even some included in the "Readings" given in the text, are more or less in conflict with the positions taken here; but they are also in conflict with each other. As the book is for learners rather than for critical argument, attention has not been directed toward these disagreements in particular, but every effort has been made to encourage independence of thought. The point of view is further set forth in the first chapter.
I have had in mind the average school of average opportunities and the teacher of average ability. The temptation to think in terms of ideal schools and experimental schools has been put aside with reluctance.
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