Contribution to the Psychology and Pedagogy of Feeble-Minded Children

Gardening and the Feeble-Minded

as the outdoor activities of mental defectives in institutions had previously been limited to elementary jobs, such as sweeping the paths, and generally acting as labourers to the staff engaged on the ornamental gardens. It was recognised that, for many years, patients in large mental institutions and colonies had been employed on farms, pig feeding, etc.; some of them had been taught to milk c...

The Feeble-Minded

Industries for the Feeble-Minded

The Memory of the Feeble-Minded

Some modern writers on mental deficiency regard the feeble-minded as a class that has some one mental defect in common, varying in degree only. This simple conception is perhaps due to the tendency of late years to emphasise the quantitative aspect of mental deficiency and to neglect qualitative distinctions. But teachers, psychologists, and medical officers, who deal with the practical problem...

contribution of setting to the study of characters and the main idea in e. brontes: wuthering heights and t. hardys: return of the native.

this thesis aims to adduce an unmitigated and comprehensive explication concerning the relationship of three significant elements of fiction: setting, chracter and theme. my research is basically placed on two outstanding novels of the 19th century: emily brontes wuthering heights and thomas hardys return of the native. my endeavour lies in studying the correlation among the three above-mention...