ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book concerns the general education of dull children and the quality of their learning. The main theme has been the importance of helping these children to make a positive use of what little intelligence they have. The book argues mainly on the distinction between education and instruction, between education in its fullest sense on the one hand and the mere acquisition of knowledge or skills on the other. The teacher is becoming more and more concerned with devising learning-situations that have real educational value for the child and rote learning is losing its former pride of place. To re-model teaching technique by increasing the emphasis on the use of intelligence, initiative and self-activity may be a reasonable enough procedure with the bright, but with the dull it tends to appear that these newer ideas cannot be so easily applied.
