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Direct linkSpicher, Nicholas – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation describes the teaching methods and educational philosophies of natural philosophy instructors at several of the colleges in colonial and early national North America. It finds two distinct approaches: the demonstrative, in which the instructor centers the course on visually engaging lecture-demonstrations, and the catechetical,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Higher Education, United States History
Peer reviewedSutton, Clive – School Science Review, 1998
Designates Frank Halliwell as an inspiring science teacher who employed the demonstration lecture method very effectively. Traces the origin and development of this method to John Tyndall and provides numerous examples of his work. (DDR)
Descriptors: Demonstrations (Science), Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, Hands on Science
