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A Study Of Administrative And Supervisory Practices Affecting The Induction And Orientation Of Beginning Teachers, Paul A. Breeding

Masters Theses

(Introduction) Despite the abundance of educational research, little material of outstanding significance is available on the relation of administration and supervision to the induction and adjustment of beginning teachers. While scattered materials are available, such as a few master's thesis, and occasional articles in periodicals, there seems no comprehensive study available dealing with this challenging problem in .American education.

World War II, and particularly the years immediately following the War, have given vigorous impetus to this problem. This study seeks to analyze and synthesize the literature now available in many books, periodicals, and bulletins; and thus determine what …

A Study Of The Factors Affecting The Organization Of An Adult Program In Homemaking Education In Eastern Virginia, Rowena Briel Hopper

Masters Theses

(From Purpose of the Paper)

To study the present status of the homemaking program for adults in the vocational homemaking program in 20 school divisions of Eastern Virginia in order to secure information which might be helpful in improving and extending the program.

A Proposed Industrial Arts Program For Harry P. Harding High School Of Charlotte, North Carolina, Cecil W. Cheney

Masters Theses

(From Introduction)

In September 1949, the writer became a member of the staff at Harry P. Harding High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, as Instructor in Industrial Arts. In conference with administrators, it was revealed that they were interested in further development of Industrial Arts Education in the school.

Without any implied criticisms or previous efforts, it is felt that the expansion of present offerings is in order. School authorities are favorable toward a study of the situation which might cast more light on the present services being offered and might point to the possibilities of enlarged services. …

A Study Of The Objectives Of The Teachers Of The Etowah City School System In Relation To Actual Classroom Activities And The Total School Program, Helen Ruth Hopper

Masters Theses

(From the Introduction)

Supervisors of instruction in the State of Tennessee are necessarily concerned with improving instruction given to the children of the state. This mean, of course, that they are directly concerned with the teaching personnel and what the personnel teach.

The writer has been in supervision for only two years; however, she has some very definite ideas concerning the approach to supervision. One of these ideas is indirectly responsible for this study. That idea is the belief that to improve a school program you must first know what teachers think they are trying to do and …

Comparison Of The Behavior Of Eleven-Year Old Socialized Aggressive And Unsocialized Aggressive Boys In A Play Therapy Situation, Mary Donoho Browder

Masters Theses

The Problem: This study seeks to determine whether there is a difference in the behavior of these two groups of aggressive boys in a play therapy situation, and whether there is a definable difference in the way in which they respond to play therapy.

Specifically will children who exemplify unsocialized aggressive behavior and those who show socialized aggressive behavior display different behavior in a play therapy situation?

A County Wide Study Of Pupil Transportation In Mcminn County, Tennessee, Reuben R. Godsey

Masters Theses

BACKGROUND FOR THE STUDY

The need for a study of school bus transportation in McMinn County, Tennessee, was first called to the attention of the writer in 1948. This was further accented by attendance at a number of school board meetings, and by hearing discussions of the routes that buses were traveling at that time. It was believed that some improvement of the routes could be made.

The writer discussed the transportation problem with the county superintendent of McMinn County. He urged the writer to give some thought to the problem as a thesis. The problem was later discussed with …

A Study Of The Trends In The Level Of Preparation And Placement Of New Teachers In The White Public Schools Of Tennessee From 1938-1939 Through 1947-1948, Milburn N. Hopkins

Masters Theses

(From the Introduction)

Equalization of educational opportunity was an ideal expressed by the founders of our nation. It is a principle that is fundamental in American education--a principle based upon the assumption that our democracy is best served by extending to all children an equal minimum opportunity to attend schools staffed with the best qualified teachers available. A denial of this principle is to defeat the basic purposes of American education as they were expressed by its founders and a they have been developed to meet the needs of our modern society.

A Program Of Adult Education For The Clearfork Valley Community, Paul Eugene Bostic

Masters Theses

(From The Problem)

The Clearfork Valley Community has a problem in that it does not have an organized program of adult education, but it is thought that some possibilities are present whereby a program could be initiated. Actually, the overall problem of the community is to secure an adult education program, but there are more specific problems to be dealt with. These rather basic problems will deal with how the leaders of the proposed program can go about arousing interest to get it started and the supplying of financial and material aid and moral support to keep it …