CHAPTER II

HISTORY OF METHODS

Necessity of establishing the method peculiar to Scientific Pedagogy 28

Origin of educational system in use in the "Children's Houses" 31

Practical application of the methods of Itard and Séguin in the Orthophrenic School at Rome 32

Origin of the methods for the education of deficients 33

Application of the methods in Germany and France 35

Séguin's first didactic material was spiritual 37

Methods for deficients applied to the education of normal children 42

Social and pedagogic importance of the "Children's Houses" 44