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Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene

By G. Stanley (Granville Stanley) Hall

(3.5 stars) • 10 reviews

Discover the crucial years of childhood and adolescence, where balancing activity, learning, and moral development shapes the adults of tomorrow.

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2005-10-01
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Summary

"Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene" by G. Stanley Hall is a scientific study from the 1800s, which examines how young people grow, focusing on the important years before and during the teenage stage, and the importance of teaching the body, mind, and morals to young people during this stage of life. The book starts by talking about the idea of the time before teens: ages eight to twelve. Hall says this is a special time when kids grow physically, learn a lot, and become more free from their parents. Hall connects the way children grow to how humans have changed over time, and he believes education should help children grow on their own while getting them ready for the future. He talks about how children need to be active outside, but also need to learn in school, and it is important to find a good mix of the two.

About the Author

Granville Stanley Hall was an American psychologist and educator who earned the first doctorate in psychology awarded in the United States of America at Harvard College in the nineteenth century. His interests focused on human life span development and evolutionary theory. Hall was the first president of the American Psychological Association and the first president of Clark University. A 2002 survey by Review of General Psychology ranked Hall as the 72nd most cited psychologist of the 20th century, in a tie with Lewis Terman.

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