TRAINING THE TEACHER

BY

A. F. Schauffler, D.D.
Antoinette Abernethy Lamoreaux
Martin G. Brumbaugh, Ph.D., LL.D.
Marion Lawrance

Supplementary chapters by
Charles A. Oliver
Ira Maurice Price, Ph.D.

Approved as a First Standard Course by the
Committee on Education,
International Sunday School Association

The Sunday School Times Company
philadelphia

Copyright, 1908,
By The Sunday School Times Company
Entered at Stationers' Hall, London, 1908

All Rights Reserved

CONTENTS

Organizing and Conducting the Teacher-training Class

CHARLES A. OLIVER

Teacher-Training Superintendent Pennsylvania
State Sabbath School Association.

Teacher-training Needed.—No more serious problem faces the Sunday-school to-day than the question of securing more teachers and better teaching. We owe it to those who are called to teach the Word to see that means of thorough preparation be brought within their reach. The best teachers will welcome a better training for Christ's service and many good people who have not found their place in the work of the church will gladly engage in Sunday-school teaching after they have been specially instructed in the Bible and in the principles of teaching.

This book provides the essential elements for the teacher-training course in four sections: (1) The Bible material which is the basis for all Sunday-school instruction, under the title of "The Book," by Dr. Schauffler. (2) A study of the working of the mind at various ages and under differing conditions (a brief study of psychology), under the title of "The Pupil," by Mrs. Lamoreaux. (3) A study of teaching principles and the application of these principles (a brief study of pedagogy), under the title of "The Teacher," by Dr. Brumbaugh. (4) A study of the place in which this instruction should be given, that is, "The School," by Mr. Lawrance. Additional material for instruction will be found in the chapter "How the Bible came to Us" by Professor Ira Maurice Price, and "The Gist of the Books."

Starting a Class.—(1) No better beginning can be made than a prayerful conference between the pastor and the Sunday-school superintendent to determine the need and possibilities of teacher-training within the local school. (2) The nearest