An Analysis of Teachers' Ratings of Pupils as Bright or Dull Page: 1
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CHAPTER I
IINTRODU CT ION
The Problem Defined
Wise guidance or intelligent direction of the activi-
ties of children is a matter that is recognized by educa-
tors today as being very closely associated with teaching.
To the student of teaching techniques, it is very evident
that the best teaching can be done only when the teacher
and the pupil come to have a sympathetic feeling for the
efforts of each other. The best teaching is done when the
teacher guides the child in his efforts and helps him to
do more effectively and more efficiently those worthwhile
things that are approved by the society in which he finds
himself. Often the so-called "problem child" becomes "a
child with a problem" if the teacher can only let the child
know that she is interested in understanding his problem
and in helping him solve it. Fine buildings and equipment
and teachers who are expertly trained in subject matter are
all essential to the carrying on of a modern school, but
possibly the most important single factor today in the
running of a school is a corps of teachers who have a keen
desire to understand their pupils and to help those pupils
to understand life and the workings of the modern world.
In order to be able to advise pupils and lead them properly,1
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Lovelace, William True. An Analysis of Teachers' Ratings of Pupils as Bright or Dull, thesis, August 1940; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc33283/m1/6/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .