Excerpt from General Science: A Book of Projects
The material of General Science is organized according to the project-problem plan. The class projects are broken up into problems, in the solution of which the pupils are led to form hypotheses from their observations, to check and modify these hypotheses by further observations, and finally to come to a conclusion which is of value in the development of the project.
The following aims have been kept in mind:
First: to encourage the spirit of inquiry, and to cultivate the attitude of independent judgment, of openmindedness, and of reliance upon facts.
Second: to put the pupils in possession of certain fundamental truths which give an explanation of many everyday activities.
Third: to lead pupils to a broad view of the forces that affect their surroundings, rather than a detailed study of some one section of their environment. The pupils of this early adolescent period are interested in big units and a broad outlook, rather than in minute details.
The material has been selected from that part of the environment which is related to the practical interests of the pupils. No material has been included merely because it helps in developing some scientific generalization.
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