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Despite the modesty of its title, the publication of this book in 1899 was a significant event. It marked the first application of the relatively new discipline of psychology, and specifically of James's theses in The Principles of Psychology, to educational theory and classroom practice. The book went through twelve printings in as many years and has never been out of print. Among its innovative features were James's maxims "No reception without reaction" and "No impression without expression"; a new emphasis on the biology of behavior and on the role of instincts; and discussions of the relevance to elementary school education of what is known about will, attention, memory, apperception, and the association of ideas.
Appended to the fifteen talks to schoolteachers were three talks to college students, as pertinent today as when they were written: "The Gospel of Relaxation," "On a Certain Blindness in Human Beings," and "What Makes a Life Significant?"
Contents
Foreword Introduction by Gerald E. Myers TALKS TO TEACHERS ON PSYCHOLOGY TALKS TO STUDENTS Notes Appendixes I. Notes and Draft for Talks to Teachers II. John Pierce's Summaries in the Journal of Education of James's Lectures A Note on the Editorial Method The Text of Talks to Teachers on Psychology I. The History II. The Documents III. The Editorial Problem Apparatus Emendations Textual Notes Historical Collation Alterations in the Manuscript Word-Division General Index Key to the Pagination of Editions
