Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- PREFACE -- Contents -- I. WHAT THE JUNIOR SCHOOL MUST ACHIEVE -- THE TEACHERS' PROBLEMS -- CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILDREN AGED 7-11 -- Activities -- Social Growth -- Intellectual Growth -- STANDARDS OF ATTAINMENT -- Requirements of the Board of Education -- Requirements of Teachers in Secondary Schools -- Standardized Tests of Attainment -- II. THE CURRICULUM AND THE TIME-TABLE -- RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE REPORT ON THE PRIMARY SCHOOL -- PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING CURRICULUM MAKING -- Physical Needs of Children -- Intellectual Needs -- Emotional and Social Needs -- Needs of the Community -- THE CURRICULUM -- THE 'AD HOC' SYLLABUS -- THE TIME-TABLE -- Variability of Attention Span -- Variability in Rate of Learning -- Variety of Interests -- Examples of Time-tables -- III. THE ENTRANTS' CLASS -- STANDARDS OF ATTAINMENT OF ENTRANT -- ORGANIZATION OF ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING -- The Teacher's Problems -- First Reforms -- First Lessons -- USE OF CHILDREN'S MOTIVES -- Study of the Environment -- FORMAL TEACHING -- Reading -- the Beginner -- Further Training of the Better Reader -- Reading for Pleasure -- Reading for Information -- TRAINING IN SPOKEN AND WRITTEN ENGLISH -- Spelling -- Handwriting -- Mathematics -- IV. THE MIDDLE YEARS -- CHILDREN'S ATTAINMENTS -- CHILDREN'S NEEDS -- CREATIVE ACTIVITY -- Individual Work -- Group Work -- FORMAL TEACHING -- Habit Making -- Place of Memory Work -- The Teacher as a Director of Studies -- The Teacher as an Instructor -- NOTES ON A TYPICAL DAY IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL -- A Teacher's Record of a Day: -- Children's Discussion -- Practice Period -- Free Activity Period -- A Child's Diary -- V. THE LEAVERS' CLASS -- CHARACTERISTICS OF THE 9-11 AGE GROUP -- SOCIAL TRAINING AND GROUP WORK -- INDIVIDUAL WORK -- THE ACQUISITION OF SKILL