Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Education Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Series

African American Studies

Pittsburg State University

Publication Year

Articles 1 - 4 of 4

Full-Text Articles in Education

The Significance Of Home Maintenance And Improvement Activities For Industrial Arts ; A Study Of The Specific Tools And Equipment Owned, And The Jobs Performed Around The Home, By Negro Families In Pittsburg, Kansas, Robert A. Bass Jul 1953

The Significance Of Home Maintenance And Improvement Activities For Industrial Arts ; A Study Of The Specific Tools And Equipment Owned, And The Jobs Performed Around The Home, By Negro Families In Pittsburg, Kansas, Robert A. Bass

Research Problems, 1947-1991

Excerpt: "This study was undertaken to determine what types of jobs were performed about the home with the tools and equipment possessed by each householder. It is also an attempt to determine what influence previous industrial education would have on the number of tools possessed and the number of jobs performed. Further, the study will attempt to justify the practical applications which may be derived from the teaching of a course in home mechanics, especially from the estimated savings, and personal satisfaction from doing or making home improvements themselves. A personal survey was made of the Negro homes in Pittsburg, …


An Improved Program For The Education Of Slow Learning Children In The Negro Schools Of Kansas City, Kansas, Cleta B. Saunders Jul 1950

An Improved Program For The Education Of Slow Learning Children In The Negro Schools Of Kansas City, Kansas, Cleta B. Saunders

Research Problems, 1947-1991

Excerpt: "The ultimate aim of education in our democracy is to educate all children of all people, regardless of their intellectual level, to develop their fullest capabilities. To achieve this goal free public school facilities must be provided for every individual child in accordance with his needs. It is the duty of the public schools to make happy and useful citizens of all boys and girls. [...] The problem is how to develop an improved program for the education of children of low intelligence in the Negro schools. The problem raises the following related questions: (1) How can the slow …


Articulation And Adjustment Problems Of Negro Students Entering The Junior High School Of Coffeyville, Kansas, T. Homer Denny Jul 1948

Articulation And Adjustment Problems Of Negro Students Entering The Junior High School Of Coffeyville, Kansas, T. Homer Denny

Research Problems, 1947-1991

Excerpt: "The purpose of this study is to make a survey of the problems of articulation and adjustment of pupils of the all-Negro Cleveland Elementary School upon entering the ninth grade of the mixed Junior High School of Coffeyville, Kansas. It is concerned mainly with the discovery of points and causes of inarticulation but gives considerable attention to ways and means of effecting better articulation for the Negro pupils. The investigator who has been a teacher in the Cleveland School for twenty years, has felt for some time the urgent need for a study of this kind."


A Study To Determine The Status Of Business Education In The Negro High Schools And Colleges In The States Of Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas And Missouri, Lillian Kathleen Wilson May 1947

A Study To Determine The Status Of Business Education In The Negro High Schools And Colleges In The States Of Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas And Missouri, Lillian Kathleen Wilson

Research Problems, 1947-1991

Excerpt: "In this study an attempt is made to determine the status of business education in the Negro high schools and colleges of Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri. Fifty-four questionnaires were sent out, two were sent to the two Negro high schools in Kansas, sixteen were sent to the Negro schools in Oklahoma, twenty-four to the Negro high schools and colleges in Arkansas, and twelve to the Negro schools in Missouri. Of the fifty-four questionnaires sent out, thirty-three were returned, two from the schools in Kansas, eleven from Oklahoma, twelve from Arkansas, and eight from Missouri. Twenty-three of the thirty-three …