[COMPLETE] Reports to Mass. Board of Educ. - Horace Mann - iq

Post by **icequeen** » August 2nd, 2016, 9:49 pm

Section 25 needs one small edit at 13:08-:10.

commonsparrow3 · Post by **commonsparrow3** » August 3rd, 2016, 4:32 am

icequeen wrote:Section 25 needs one small edit at 13:08-:10.

Fixed! New length is 56:46
https://librivox.org/uploads/icequeen/annualreportseducation_25_mann_128kb.mp3

Post by **icequeen** » August 3rd, 2016, 4:19 pm

commonsparrow3 wrote:
icequeen wrote:Section 25 needs one small edit at 13:08-:10.
Fixed! New length is 56:46
https://librivox.org/uploads/icequeen/annualreportseducation_25_mann_128kb.mp3

Now section 25 is PL OK!

commonsparrow3 · Post by **commonsparrow3** » August 3rd, 2016, 9:05 pm

Thanks, Ann!

Here's Section 26 - (length 54:41)
https://librivox.org/uploads/icequeen/annualreportseducation_26_mann_128kb.mp3

Be prepared to fall asleep partway through this section - As I read the sample chapter headings of German schoolbooks, it seemed as though I was again reading the Dewey Decimal System lists that I had read for the Insomnia Collection!

commonsparrow3 · Post by **commonsparrow3** » August 8th, 2016, 8:00 pm

Section 27 - (length 57:19) - in which we visit schools in Scotland and Germany -
https://librivox.org/uploads/icequeen/annualreportseducation_27_mann_128kb.mp3

Post by **icequeen** » August 8th, 2016, 10:29 pm

commonsparrow3 wrote:Thanks, Ann!

Here's Section 26 - (length 54:41)
https://librivox.org/uploads/icequeen/annualreportseducation_26_mann_128kb.mp3

Be prepared to fall asleep partway through this section - As I read the sample chapter headings of German schoolbooks, it seemed as though I was again reading the Dewey Decimal System lists that I had read for the Insomnia Collection!

Section 26 is PL OK! The part I could not believe was the school that teaches 40 students on £2! That's nuts!

commonsparrow3 · Post by **commonsparrow3** » August 9th, 2016, 8:01 pm

icequeen wrote: The part I could not believe was the school that teaches 40 students on £2! That's nuts!

Yes, there were some very unequal distributions of school funding going on there!

Post by **icequeen** » August 15th, 2016, 7:52 pm

Section 27 is PL OK!

commonsparrow3 · Post by **commonsparrow3** » August 16th, 2016, 12:49 pm

Thank you, Ann!

Here's Section 28 - (length 54:32)
https://librivox.org/uploads/icequeen/annualreportseducation_28_mann_128kb.mp3

Post by **icequeen** » August 23rd, 2016, 9:32 pm

Section 28 is PL OK!

commonsparrow3 · Post by **commonsparrow3** » August 26th, 2016, 10:58 am

Thank you again, Ann!

Here's Section 29 - (length 53:01)
https://librivox.org/uploads/icequeen/annualreportseducation_29_mann_128kb.mp3

The part where he talks about the first steps in learning geography as seen in the Prussian schools, starting with mapping the child's familiar world of schoolhouse, home, and the route from one to the other, all reminded me of my 5th grade teacher doing exactly that! We mapped the classroom, measuring where the desks and doors and coathooks etc were, then the schoolyard playground, then for homework mapped our own houses and yards, then the route we walked to school, then we were given real printed road maps of our town and learned about the scale of miles and symbols used, and located familiar places like the grocery store etc, then moved on to a map of western NY and marked the routes to familiar holiday destinations like our Lake, the Finger Lakes, Niagara Falls, and gradually moved further and further afield until we got global. It was supposed to be one of those newfangled 1960's ideas for teaching the subject. Modern? Hmm ... here's ol' Horace describing exactly the same method as he observed it in 1843!

Post by **icequeen** » August 30th, 2016, 9:27 pm

Section 29 is PL OK!

Poor Horace would be horrified by the lack of oral communication today. Texting just doesn't cut it!

commonsparrow3 · Post by **commonsparrow3** » September 2nd, 2016, 12:46 pm

icequeen wrote:Poor Horace would be horrified by the lack of oral communication today. Texting just doesn't cut it!

Yes, he highly valued the benefits of teachers having a lot of actual conversations with students. Talking to each other communicates more than mere information bites. The enthusiasm for a subject, clarity of expression, and other things come across better in conversation.

Here's Section 30 - (length 53:16)
https://librivox.org/uploads/icequeen/annualreportseducation_30_mann_128kb.mp3

Post by **icequeen** » September 5th, 2016, 9:19 pm

Section 30 is PL OK!

commonsparrow3 · Post by **commonsparrow3** » September 11th, 2016, 1:22 pm

Thanks again, Ann!

Here's Section 31 - (length 47:02)
https://librivox.org/uploads/icequeen/annualreportseducation_31_mann_128kb.mp3

I think just one more section will finally finish this very long Seventh Report. It was the longest report in the collection, so we are over the hump. Downhill from here on, with shorter reports. I'm beginning to think I may actually finish this project before the end of the year!