At the bottom she was pleased at this insistence of Sassoon's; it worked well with the plan she had determined on for his Disciplining.
"The Salamander"
Owen Johnson
The third consists in the Disciplining of her pupil in the practical use, and proper application of the knowledge received; by which means the knowledge itself becomes better understood, better remembered, and much more at the command of the will than it was before:- And her fourth educational process consists, in training her pupil to acquire facility in communicating by language, his knowledge and experience to others.
"A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education"
James Gall
No doubt the mental powers of the child were cultivated and disciplined by the acquisition of the knowledge, and still more by its application; but this Disciplining of the mind, and accumulation of knowledge, were evidently a secondary object, and not the primary one.
"A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education"
James Gall