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CAMBRIDGE. Sunday-school Teachers' Conference.

The adjourned meeting was held on Tuesday evening last in the public schoolroom. There was a large attendance, the spacious room being well filled. The Rev. W. N. DeL. Willis presided, and, after opening the meeting, called upon Mr R. D. Stewart to read his paper, the subject of which was " The Best Method of Teaching." The essayist, in a very concise manner, sought to impress upon teachers the necessity of careful selection of the subject and a thoughtful preparation of the lesson to be given to the class, especially with regard to ascertaining the chief moral lessons to be derived. He illustrated his method of imparting instruction by teaching a class of children, some 20 or more in number, who had been invited for the purpose. The lesson chosen was the account of our Saviour raising the widow's son to life, and, by a series of judicious questions, elicited from the children the lessons to be derived

from the subject. Mr Stewait warmly advocated the system of teaching by questions rather than by mere 4> lecturing 1 " a class, that method being calculated to encourage the thought of the scholars and arrest their attention. At the conclusion an interesting discussion followed on the various points raised, which was joined m by the Revs. Evans and Bull and several other gentlemen. A unanimous desire was expressed that on a future occasion Mr Stewart would give an audience the benefit of his views on infant class teaching, and the customary vote cf thanks brought a very interesting meeting to a close.

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Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1259, 24 July 1880, Page 2

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CAMBRIDGE. Sunday-school Teachers' Conference. Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1259, 24 July 1880, Page 2

CAMBRIDGE. Sunday-school Teachers' Conference. Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1259, 24 July 1880, Page 2

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