Education

Particular Questions (Questioni particolari)

• Activism (ATTIVISMO) Vol. II, p. 222
  ACTIVISM. - Active school, a., activity of the child, school of work are terms of which modern pedagogy makes very frequent use. By them is…
• Childhood (INFANZIA) Vol. VI, p. 1114
  CHILDHOOD. - From infans = one who does not speak. Immediately after the neonatal phase, in the unfolding of the ages of life (v.) one…
• Love (Conjugal) (AMORE (CONIUGALE)) Vol. I, p. 676
  LOVE (CONJUGAL). - It is the mutual affection that binds the two spouses in a reciprocal, full and constant dedication of themselves: mind,…
• Memory (MEMORIA) Vol. VIII, p. 403
  MEMORY. - In modern psychology, which seems to continue the conception of decadent Scholasticism, memory generally means the function that…
• Mutual Teaching (MUTUO INSEGNAMENTO) Vol. VIII, p. 935
  MUTUAL INSTRUCTION. - A teaching method consisting in the reciprocity of instruction, in that the more proficient pupils act as teachers…
• Pedagogy, Corrective (PEDAGOGIA EMENDATIVA) Vol. IX, p. 655
  PEDAGOGY, CORRECTIVE. - It is the branch of pedagogy whose object is the education of children who differ in varying degrees from normal…
• Preventive Pedagogy (PEDAGOGIA PREVENTIVA) Vol. IX, p. 656
  PREVENTIVE PEDAGOGY. - It is that aspect of educational method which consists in making the pupil aware of his duties and of the…
• Ratio Studiorum Vol. X, p. 324
  RATIO STUDIORUM. - It is the educational and pedagogical code of the Society of Jesus, composed in the 16th century and in part still in…
• Youthfulness (FANCIULLEZZA) Vol. V, p. 616
  YOUTHFULNESS. - Lat. pueritia: an age of life (v.) that follows infancy and immediately precedes adolescence (v.), preparing, in apparent…