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Methods of Teaching Under Scientific Management. — The Methods of Teaching under Scientific Management are
- Written, by means of
(a) Instruction Cards telling what is to be done and how.
(b) Systems, explaining the why.
(c) Drawings, charts, plans, photographs, illustrating methods.
(d) Records made by the worker himself.
- Oral, the teaching of the Functional Foremen.
- Object-lessons:
(a) Exhibits.
(b) Working models.
(c) Demonstrations by the Teacher.
(d) Demonstrations by the worker under Supervision.
Worker a Source of These Methods. — It should be often stated that, ultimately, the elements of all methods Page 221 are derived from a study of workers, and that the worker should be enabled to realize this. Only when he feels that he is a part of what is taught, and that the teachers are a means of presenting to him the underlying principles of his own experience, will the worker be able to coöperate with all his energy.
Instruction Cards Are Directions. — Instruction Cards are direct instructions for each piece of work, giving, in most concise form, closely defined description of standard practice and directions as to how each element of the standardized task is to be performed. The makers know that they must make their directions clear ultimately, therefore they strive constantly for clearness.
Instruction Cards Teach Directly and Indirectly. — These Instruction Cards not only teach the worker directly best to do his work, but also teach