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Of all the areas of learning the most important is the development of attitudes. Emotional reactions as well as logical thought processes affect the behavior of most people.
"The burnt child fears the fire" is one instance; another is the rise of figures like Hitler. Both these examples also point up the fact that attitudes come from experience. In the one case the experience is direct and impressive, in the other it is indirect and gradual.
The class room teacher in the elementary school is in strategic position to influence attitudes. This is true partly because children acquire attitudes from those adults whose words they respect.
Another reason why it is true is that pupils often search somewhat deeply into a subject in school that has only been touched upon at home or has possibly never occurred to them before. To a child who had previously acquired little knowledge of Mexico, his teacher's method of handling such a unit would greatly affect his attitude toward Mexicans.
The teacher can develop proper attitudes through social studies, science matters, the very atmosphere of the classroom, etc. However, when children come to school with undesirable attitudes, it is unwise to attempt to change their feelings by criticizing them. The teacher can achieve the proper effect by helping them obtain constructive experience.
在學習的各個領域，最重要的是培養態度。影響大多數人行為的不僅是邏輯思維方式，還有對事物的情緒反應。
“一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。”就是一個例子，另一個例子就是像希特勒這種人物的崛起。這兩個例子都強調了一個事實——態度源於經曆。在第一個例子當中，這種經曆直接而深刻，而在第二個事例當中，則是間接和漸進的。
小學啟蒙老師對態度的影響至關重要。的確如此，一部分原因是，小孩子的態度是從他所尊敬的成年人的言語中學到的。