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Educational Qualifications Of Kentucky Science Teachers, Judson Jenkins

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The present state of development of the physical and the biological sciences is the result of man's efforts to understand the nature of his environment and its multitude of con^lex changes. BapM progress in these specialized fields of knowledge constitutes the single aost iisportant factor contributing to the increasing ooraplesity of modern society. The teachers of science in our public schools will necessarily have to supply amjeh of the inforsmtion aad Instruction. In order to teach the sciences successfully the science teacher mist be well-qualified in general knowledge of the science field. Much of the material in this investigation was …

Contributions Of The Cumberland Presbyterian Church To Education, Curtis Burroughs

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The educational system of today is the outgrowth of many factors. There have been many influences which have brought about the spread of mass education and the development of the present-day curriculum.

One factor which has contributed a share to the development of our vast and complicated educational system has been the denominational school. The denominational schools were the first to be established in the land. Also, the churches have stressed the need of education and have financed the training of many of the youths of the country. Most of the 252 denominations within the United States have attempted, in …

The Status Of Industrial Arts In The State Of Kentucky, Lurad England

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study concerns itself with, "The Status of Industrial Arts in the State of Kentucky." This study is divided into the following three divisions:

1. The distribution of students by grades, who are taking industrial arts.
2. Important factors in the organization of industrial arts work.
3. The type and scope of industrial arts subjects or activities being taught.

The Study Of Folklore In American Education, Tom Venable

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study is to trace the history of the study of folklore from its origins in Europe through its development in the United States. Particular emphasis is laid on the part organized education has played in this development, the attitudes organized education has showed in relation to the study, those persons in American education who have furthered the study, and how folklore has been and is being used in the curriculum of the secondary school and college.

A Proposed Reorganization Of The School System For Barren County, Kentucky, Nathaniel Burks

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study is planned to determine the conditions in the Barren County Schools, and to set up a remedial program to enable the Barren County Board of Education to meet the challenges of modern school needs. There is much to be done, and no one is more cognizant of this fact than the writer. It will take a great deal of patience and time and money to bring the program to a successful conclusion. Barren County is able to bear a fair share of the growing financial load in having good schools, but Barren County must be educated to her …

The Status Of The City Superintendent Of Schools In Kentucky, John Martin

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The present problem is fivefold:

1. To determine the status of Kentucky city school superintendents with reference to professional training, educational experience and tenure.
2. To determine the facts regarding the financial support and compensation and economic status of Kentucky city school superintendents.
3. To determine the social and professional status, as shown by the facts gathered, and the activities in which the superintendents engage.
4. To determine the status of the city superintendents with reference to their powers and duties granted by the boards of education.
5. To compare the status of the city superintendents of twelve years ago with that of the present …

A Year's Choral Study For The Small High School, Martha Strawn

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This investigation is an attempt:

1. To present the outstanding problems and difficulties which are likely to arise in the process of organizing a mixed chorus in the average small four-year high school, and in directing the chorus during its first year.
2. To analyze these difficulties and to suggest techniques of treating them, based on the experience and recommendations of authorities in the field of choral conducting, and also based on the writer's personal contacts with the field of choral music as a student and as a director.

Teachers' Unions In American Education, Robert Snyder

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The primary purpose of this study is to give the administrator, supervisor and classroom teacher a graphic resume of the rise and development of teachers' unions in the educational system of the United States. Many educators have become passive to unionization, and as a result of their passiveness they have given added impetus to a force that must ultimately be reckoned with. It is believed that this study can be used to advantage as a handbook to all desiring insight into this comparatively new problem.