ABSTRACT
Experimental psychology has so far devoted its attention to perfecting the instruments by which the sensations are measured. The authors' aim in education in general is two-fold, biological and social. From the biological side the authors wish to help the natural development of the individual, from the social standpoint it is the authors' aim to prepare the individual for the environment. The development of the senses indeed precedes that of superior intellectual activity and the child between three and seven years is in the period of formation. The art of to-day bases itself, as in the days of the Greeks, upon observation of the truth. The education of the senses makes men observers, and not only accomplishes the general work of adaptation to the present epoch of civilisation, but also prepares them directly for practical life.
