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A Proposed Course In General Science For The Portola High School, Homer Dewitt Hildebrant
A Proposed Course In General Science For The Portola High School, Homer Dewitt Hildebrant
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
In this thesis the author's first aim is to not forth a science course that will awaken the students of this high school to a realization of the significance end value of their environment, and thereby stimulate their interest and appreciation of things scientific. We are living in the midst of a great scientific age, and application of scientific knowledge will continue more and more to dominate our life. It is essential then that our high school boys and girls should learn how to adapt themselves to this life of scientific application, and be able to interpret their own environment …
Articulation Of Junior And Senior High School Curricula, Belle Joachims
Articulation Of Junior And Senior High School Curricula, Belle Joachims
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
Our American school system with its distinction between elementary and secondary schools grew out of European tradisione. The history of secondary education in America abone that there have been three periods of development, each characterized by a dietinot type of school. As our colonial policies were shaped by Europeans, naturally our schools were organized to confora with the European institutions; and the Latin grammar school was the dominant institution for secondary education in American until the middle of the eighteenth century. During the Revolutionary period there was a tendency to turn from the school fostering social distinction to one more …