Chapter I: Front Matter

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A BRIEF COURSE IN THE

TEACHING PROCESS

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| Brief Course Series in Education |
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| EDITED BY |
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| PAUL MONROE, PH.D. |
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| =BRIEF COURSE IN THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION.= PAUL MONROE, PH.D., |
| Professor of the History of Education, Teachers College, |
| Columbia University. |
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| =BRIEF COURSE IN THE TEACHING PROCESS.= GEORGE D. STRAYER, |
| PH.D., Professor of Educational Administration, Teachers |
| College, Columbia University. |
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| =BRIEF COURSE IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION.= JOHN DEWEY, |
| PH.D., LL.D., Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University. |
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| _In preparation._ |
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A BRIEF COURSE

IN

THE TEACHING PROCESS

BY

GEORGE DRAYTON STRAYER, PH.D.
PROFESSOR OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION, FORMERLY
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1916

_All rights reserved_

COPYRIGHT, 1911,
BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

Set up and electrotyped. Published October, 1911. Reprinted January,
March, April, September, 1912; January, July, November, December,
1913; October, December, 1914; May, 1915; January, 1916.

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TO MY WIFE