Education Commons^™

A Study Of Bill, April Dunham Lane

Honors Theses

This paper is a type of study of a nine year old boy whom I shall call Bill. Bill is from a normal middle class family. He is in the fourth grade. His I.Q. is average. His mental age and chronological age are just about the same. In all respects Bill seems to be a very normal boy. He does have glasses, but as yet he has not worn them to his sessions.

Bill's problem is that he lacks an interest in reading. He was given the Durrell Analysis of Reading Difficulty test. His median grade for the oral reading …

An Experiment In Educating Emotionally Disturbed Children, Shirley Anne Percy

Honors Theses

After years of uncertainty, there is now widespread interest in the emotionally disturbed child in the schools. This change suggests that educators now see the disturbed child as an exceptional child, a handicapped child in need of special attention and assistance.

While the delineation of responsibility between school, home, and mental health agency is not yet well defined, it is as if the schools are now saying, "We are not quite clear about what other agencies intend to do, but we intend to do whatever seems appropriate and feasible in the school setting."

Several recent events have apparently contributed to …

Modern Breakthroughs And Forecasts In Education, Susan Ann Todd

Honors Theses

In September, 1957, many Americans pictured Russia as a vast slum composed largely of baggy-trousered peasants who couldn't make a decent refrigerator or automobile. On October 4, 1957, when the Russians placed the first man-made hardware in orbit around the earth, this illusion exploded into bleak reality.

The American people were staggered. The Eisenhower administration was in serious trouble--but not for long. Within weeks the nation was given to understand that the school teachers were to blame. America had fallen behind because John Dewey's fuzzy-minded disciples had failed to teach children enough science. Suddenly, American secondary education became our national …

Teaching The Disadvantaged, Lynda Bearden

Honors Theses

Ideally, the early intellectual development of the child should take place in the home. If this training cannot be supplied adequately in the home and by the parents, then the school is the logical social agency to do it.

The size of the family, the concern of the parents with the basic necessities of life, the low level of education of the parents, the frequent absence of a male parent, and the lack of a great deal of interaction between children and adults all conspire to reduce the stimulation, language development, and intellectual development of disadvantaged children. These are handicaps …