7 Laws of Teaching: The Law of the Lesson

The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler · Nov 9, 2016 · 15m

Gregory begins with a defense of his position that children possess the innate ability to think, which I will simply assume and not summarize. If you aren’t sure if your children are able to think, you’ll have to read that part yourself.

The law of the lesson has its reason in the nature of the mind and in the nature of human knowledge.

Nature of the Mind — The mind connects thoughts through graded steps and linked facts; each mastered idea is equipment with which to continue on in “fresh advance.”

Nature of Human Knowledge — Knowledge is organized and connected inherently; it is not simple…