More than 100 years after it was published, William James's (1899/1939) book, Talks to Teachers on Psychology, is relevant and helpful for teachers and those who aspire to teach. In this article, I highlight certain memorable points in Talks and relate them to James's (1890) classic work, The Principles of Psychology. Many of James's insights foreshadowed certain emphases of present-day researchers, and his observations on teaching are as germane now as they were more than a century ago.
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