Education Commons^™

Present Practices & Methods Of Supervising Student Teachers In Industrial Arts, Walter Nalbach

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problem is threefold:

1. To determine the present practices of the programs in which student teaching is done.
2. To analyze significant variations and to show important central tendencies in the technique of supervision of student teachers.
3. To ascertain a means of evaluating student teaching in industrial arts.

School Transportation In Kentucky 1935-36, Thomas Reynolds

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The major purpose of this study is to determine the status of school transportation in Kentucky, with the hope that many of the local problems, conditions, and needs may be discovered, and if not solved, show the need for their solution. The State Department of Education of Kentucky, with Assistant Superintendent of Public Instruction, Gordie Young, as chairman of the committee on transportation, has set up a standard program of transportation for Kentucky. The writer believes the control and regulation of school transportation by the State Department of Education is very desirable from an economical standpoint. This is shown by …

A Plan Of Supervision For Paducah Public Schools, Hazel Rigg

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problem involves the following divisions:

1. To present a study of the present plan of supervision in the Paducah Public Schools.
2. To present a proposed plan of supervision.
3. To suggest means of evaluation of the supervisory program.

A Comparison Of The Certification Standards For Commercial Teachers In The Different States Of The Union, Lee Rothrock

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In the present study, the writer has attempted to make an investigation of the problem of the certification of commercial teachers in the secondary school level of the several states in the Union. The study has three purposes:

1. To tabulate the requirements made by the various states for secondary school certification of commercial teachers.
2. To set forth, by the method of comparison and contrast, the central tendencies and the differences that exist in these requirements.
3. To suggest principles and standards to serve as a basis for a general plan for the certification of high school commercial teachers in the United …

Promotion & Non-Promotion In The Louisville Elementary Schools, E. W. Belcher

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

To promote or not to promote has long been a question in the minds of both administrators and teachers; however, the segregated problem of promotion and non-promotion did not receive much attention until about fifteen years ago. In the past decade and a half much time and careful, thoughtful study have been devoted to this problem by leading educators.

The Status Of The County Superintendent Of Schools In Kentucky, James Depp

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

It is the purpose of this study to present some of the leading facts concerning the present status of the county superintendents of schools in Kentucky, and also to compare the status of the county superintendent with that of the city superintendent as found by R.E. Stevenson's study of 1934. The same method of procedure is used in this study as was used in the study of the city superintendents in order that a reliable and worth while comparison could be made between the two groups of educational leadrs.

Implications Of School Board Membership: A Handbook For School Board Members, W. B. Owen

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problem – A great number of pertinent and valuable contributions on the work of boards of education have been made emphasizing more particularly those aspects of establishment and organization, that are subject, more or less, to legislative action, and are consequently beyond control of the immediate board or its members. This study is concerned primarily with those phases of school board activity and relations that may be improved by the collective or individual efforts of the members constituting any board of education. They include the following:

1. Relations with the community.
2. Attitudes toward school administration and control.
3. Cooperation with the …

Reorganization Of Meade County's Schools, Raymond Gibson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study is to deal with the undesirable conditions of the county which could be corrected. Why should there be three high schools in the eastern half of the county and none in the western half of the county? Why should one-room schools exist with an average daily attendance of less than ten when the same school could be consolidated with other schools without causing any child to walk more than two miles? Why should there be 225 children in Meade County eligible for high school who are not attending school at any place? Why should the …

A Study Of The Higher Educational Career Of The Eighth Grade Graduates Of The Warren County Schools, Thelma Glasscock

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

No abstract provided.