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The New Music Building At The Amos Alonzo Stagg High School : A Need Arising From An Expanded High School Population And Resultant Growth In The Music Programs In The Past Ten Years (1945-1955) In Stockton, Harold Adam Heisinger

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It was the purpose of this study (1) to present the proposed plans for the music building at the Amos Alonzo Stagg High School, and (2) to show the growth in school population and interest in music which guided the planning of new music buildings over the past ten years (1945-1955) in Stockton that led up to the plans for this school’s music wing.

Teacher Recruitment Potential Of Rural High Schools, Julius Lehfeldt

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The schools of California are faced with a serious teacher shortage. This shortage has been felt critically since the end of the second World War, and particularly on the elementary level. When the school population of the elementary level reaches the secondary level this some problem will become more critical at that level.

A Comparative Study Of The Selective Recruitment Of Elementary School Teachers In The United States And Norway, Sigurd Stautland

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

What principles and techniques are used by teacher institutions in conducting a continually active program for the selective recruitment and retention of capable candidates entering teaching preparation programs? What problems arise in conducting such a program, to what extent is the character of the problems general to all teacher institutions, and to what extent are they related specifically to the administration, location, and the student body at each institution? To answer these questions will be the main purpose of this study.

The second purpose of the study will be to find what aspects of the purpose of the study will …

A Documentary Analysis Of The Popular View Of Public Education, Carl Edwin Wilsey

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The several decades immediately preceding the writing of this study have seen increasing interest and criticism of public education on the part of the American people. This growth of interest in public education indicates a need for analysis of the nature and extent of popular concern so that it may be used as a positive force to improve the service of the public schools. If the best interests of the society for which public schools exist are to be served, heed must be taken of the interest and criticisms of reliable and sincere lay observers by the teachers and administrators …

Some Nonprofessional Part-Time Jobs Held By Male Elementary School Teachers In San Bernardino County, California, Robert Elwyn Harris

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Many teachers known to the investigator had supplemented their teaching incomes by holding part-time jobs. Aware of many such instances, the writer decided to make a survey in San Bernardino County to determine to what extant male elementary school teachers were accepting part-time nonprofessional employment. It was hoped that this study would also determine why those nonprofessional jobs were being accepted by teachers.

The Development Of Guidelines For The Organization Of The Fifth Grade Social Studies Curriculum, Alberta Evelyn Martone

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Pupils. teachers. supervisors, administrators, parents and other citizens have always needed to work together for better educational programs in their communities. Curriculum planning and improvement in our complex and changing world have been a necessity and a cooperative responsibility.

Some Nonprofessional Part-Time Jobs Held By Male Elementary School Teachers In San Joaquin County, California, William Frederick Berck Jr.

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This investigation is concerned with the extent to which male elementary teachers of San Joaquin County were holding non professional part-time jobs and why.

A Survey Of Speech Education In The High Schools Of California, Marian Helen Mellgren

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Perhaps the first justification for the inclusion of speech in today’s curriculum is the very evident predominance of oral communication in our lives. Painter has pointed out that “oral communication is the vehicle for 90 percent of the exchange of ideas.”

A second justification for the belief that speech education is important today lies in the fact that our country is a democracy. Democracy is essentially a government by talk, a government in which problems are not settled by force, but in which problems are talked out of existence or into solution. Long ago Aristotle identified communication with political freedom …

Pilot-Study Use Of The Tachistoscope In Elementary Grade Reading, Gordon Keith Wells

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The classroom teacher in the modern elementary school faces many challenges. Among these are limited classroom facilities, large-size classes, double session, wide ability range of pupils, supplementary assignments, and often inadequate material resources.

In spite of these problems, the teacher strives to advance his pupils as far as their interest and ability and skill as a teacher will permit. New ideas in teaching, additional means of motivation, and improved techniques of instruction attract his interest. Because reading plays such an important role in the elementary school programs, the teacher is especially attracted to suggestions and improved techniques of teaching this …

The Extent And Nature Of In-Service Guidance Training In The Junior High Schools Of California, Raymond Lewis Stuck

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to determine the extent and nature of the present in-service teacher guidance training program, together with its relationship to the overall guidance program, in the public junior high schools of California.

Evaluation Of Health Textbooks For Seventh And Eighth Grades, Marian Malissa Herbert

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The problem was to determine whether health textbooks include content and material that make them valuable and important tools for a functional health instruction course. The area of this investigation was limited to sixteen health texts designed for use in the seventh and eighth grades.

The problem was to determine whether these sixteen selected books have range and adequate coverage for the needs and interests of this age level. Whether they include: teaching aids that enrich the learning experiences, suggested activities of interest to the pupils, up-to-date information, adequate, stimulating, understandable illustrations, supplementary references; and whether the general makeup of …

Relationship Between Socio-Economic Status And Achievement In Mathematics For Three Hundred Eighth-Grade Children In Modesto, California, John Maurice Jennings

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This study is devoted primarily to a consideration of socio-economic status in relation to achievement in mathematics. However, a review of socio-economic status in relation to intelligence (as revealed in studies in the field) is first made because of the wide use of intelligence tests in an attempt to determine the child’s ability to succeed in school.

Problems For The High School Actor, Greydon Pierce Milam

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

”Problems for the HIgh School Actor” has been prepared so that the teacher and the student have been given a certain degree of flexibility in its use. The order of presentation of the various problems, the amount of time spent on any one time, and the focusing on the major amount of emphasis may vary from class to class and from year to year as the interests, needs, and skills of the enrollee vary. The most educationally worthwhile method can be used to meet these varying situations.

This study has been developed so as to make possible further study of …

Creative Use Of Metals In Art Education, James Susumu Kaneko

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Statement of the problem: This study is to show how metal sculpture can be used in art education.

The Design And Organization Of A Junior College General Chemistry Laboratory, Malcolm Cornelius Holmberg

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Statement of problem. How can a chemistry laboratory in the junior college be designed and organized so that there may be achieved a. maximum of efficiency and minimum of time lost to the student in implementing the scientific method?

A Study Of Child Welfare In The San Francisco Unified School District, Katherine Elizabeth Gleeson

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is an attempt to develop a guide or handbook on Child Welfare services in the San Francisco Unified School District. San Francisco Unified school District has never had a complete handbook covering all areas of Child Welfare, although many mimeographed papers and booklets (Counseling and Guidance) describing various departments have been written. In this study it is hoped to give a picture of what actually takes place in the field. This thesis should furnish valuable information to new teachers as well as to those already in the department. and aid members of the staff who meet many of …

A History And Description Of The United States Army Dependent Schools Program In Europe Since The End Of World War Ii, Jack Eugene Daseler

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It was the purpose of this study to provide an historical analysis of the United States Army’s dependent school program in Europe in operation since the summer of 1946. A second, though equally important, purpose for the study was to provide a description of the organization and administration of these schools in an effort to acquaint educators and interested lay-personnel with the dependent schools program in operation today.

A History Of The Laura Ann Sisk Memorial Reading Clinic, Bonnie Jean Thompson

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It was the purpose of this study (1) to present to the College of the Pacific a written record of the history of the Laura Ann Sisk Memorial Reading Clinic since its inception; (2) to trace its growth in scope and philosophy by portraying past and present methods and techniques employed; (3) to analyze the results of clinic practices which were obtained systematically; and (4) to discuss the future plans for the development of the clinic

A Survey Of Student Accidents In One Secondary School From 1949-1955, Marian Duckworth

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The problem in this study was to determine the location, frequency, and type of accidents occurring in one large high school during a six-year period, and to evaluate circumstances which may have contributed to the accident incidence.

A Comparative Investigation Of The Types And Number Of Football Injuries Received By Ninth And Tenth Grade Boys And Eleventh And Twelfth Grade Boys, Daniel Charles Caton

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

There is now and may always be a difference of opinion on the advisability of contact sports for the younger and usually more immature boys. It is said by some that the many and varied experiences and attitudes gained through early participation in team contact sports greatly over-balances any detrimental effects which might occur. The other point of view expresses the opinion that anything which is gained at this younger age can and will be better accepted. when there is less chance or physical, mental, and social strain or damage.

The age groups considered ln this study are usually exempted …

Public Interest Concerning Elementary School Information In Ceres, California, Joseph Benton Stanford Jr.

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The emphasis of this study will be centered in the search for answers to the following questions: (1) How accurately and extensively do adults of the community know their elementary schools?; (2) What are the various sources by which adults of the community receive school information?; (3) What types (categories) of school information for citizens desire most?; (4) What types of school news items appear most frequently in the local newspaper, and how accurate and effective in it?

The objective in conducting this study is to gain an insight into the matter of communication between the elementary school and the …