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Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals The Original Classic

William James

A Timeless Educational Classic by the American Philosopher "Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals" by American author William James is a classic book of educational philosophy, first published in 1899. A celebrated work in the realm of educational literature, thi...

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William James, the chair of Harvard's psychology department, delivered a series of lectures called Talks to Teachers. He says that in giving these lectures he learned to take out more abstruse academic detail and leave in the practical implications and the most basic principles.

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He says, what I have learned from giving these lectures to school teachers is that I would learn to take out more and more of this, like, abstruse academic detail and leave in the practical implicatio...

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William James, the chair of Harvard's psychology department, delivered a series of lectures called Talks to Teachers. He says that in giving these lectures he learned to take out more abstruse academic detail and leave in the practical implications and the most basic principles.

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He says, what I have learned from giving these lectures to school teachers is that I would learn to take out more and more of this, like, abstruse academic detail and leave in the practical implications and the most basic principles.

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