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• Authority (AUTORITÀ) Vol. II, p. 294
  AUTHORITY. - In a broad sense authority means any power existing in a superior over subjects, to direct, govern and, if need be, coerce.…
• Blind (CIECHI) Vol. III, p. 927
  BLIND. - Scientifically, "blind" must be understood as the individual whose eyes are entirely lacking in the sense of sight, that is, they…
• Cinematograph (CINEMATOGRAFO) Vol. III, p. 976
  CINEMATOGRAPH. - I. MORALS AND PEDAGOGY. - Having appeared only in 1895, the cinema was able in a short time to rise to true heights of…
• Dalton, Plain of (DALTON, PIANO DI) Vol. IV, p. 670
  DALTON, Plain of. - Within the framework of pedagogical activism (v.) a notable place is occupied by the system that goes under the name of…
• Games (GIUOCHI) Vol. VI, p. 470
  GAMES. - Play is an activity of the higher forms of biological-psychic life in man that presents itself both as an unfolding of natural…
• Gymnastics (GINNASTICA) Vol. VI, p. 260
  GYMNASTICS. - G. (from the Greek γυμνός = naked) is the art of moving the human body; in some cases, when it sets itself particular aims,…
• Pedagogy (PEDAGOGIA) Vol. IX, p. 648
  PEDAGOGY. - From παῖς = child and ἄγωγὴ = the action of leading by the hand (Latin manuductio), it is the science and art of education. I.…
• Psychic Minors (MINORATI PSICHICI) Vol. VIII, p. 635
  PSYCHIC MINORS. - The term m. p. (or mentally abnormal) has a medico-pedagogical value and is in use in school medicine and in remedial…
• Punishment And Reward (PUNIZIONE E PREMIO) Vol. X, p. 200
  PUNISHMENT AND REWARD. - Punishment is the chastisement or penalty inflicted for the violation of a duty. Reward is the recognition of a…
• Sport Vol. XI, p. 702
  SPORT. - An English term that has entered the current usage of the language; it derives from the older disport; this, in turn, from Old…
• Teacher (INSEGNANTE) Vol. VII, p. 58
  TEACHER. - One who expounds and explains a science or an art so that others may learn. Whatever the subject matter of the teaching and…