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An Educational Survey Evaluating The Physical Facilities Of The Moses Lake Schools, Pete Erickson
An Educational Survey Evaluating The Physical Facilities Of The Moses Lake Schools, Pete Erickson
Graduate Student Research Papers
The purpose of this survey was to assist the district in the establishment of a comprehensive and continuing maintenance program. This program included need assessments, evaluation of facilities, crew assignment, equipment repair, and grounds maintenance. To achieve this purpose, the present condition of the physical facilities, furniture, and the grounds had to be determined.
An Investigation Of Group Procedures As A Method Of Involving The Parents In The Resolution Of Children's Educational Problems, Glen Deane Brotherton
An Investigation Of Group Procedures As A Method Of Involving The Parents In The Resolution Of Children's Educational Problems, Glen Deane Brotherton
Graduate Student Research Papers
A trend in education for the past sixty years has been the gradual development of a variety of procedures involving parents in the education of children. Research that indicates the interdependence of the home and the school in educating children has been the major influence in the development of these programs. Today there is general agreement among educators that the home and school must work cooperatively to resolve children's educational problems. Many successful procedures are now being used which involve parents, but more effective ways of working with them are being sought. In this paper group procedures are being considered …
Preparations For Curriculum Change, Orville Edgar Clough
Preparations For Curriculum Change, Orville Edgar Clough
Graduate Student Research Papers
Today is an era of rapid social and technical change and the schools are faced with the problem of keeping pace to meet the challenge. This means that education must rely more and more upon new methods and innovations. In this paper, these new techniques used in teaching shall be referred to as curriculum change. A curriculum change might occur in one specific learning area, or it could be a reorganization of the entire instructional program. The purpose of this study was (1) to find how needs for change are being justified; (2) to show how teachers are being prepared …
Current Trends In The Junior High School, Darrell Lee De Gross
Current Trends In The Junior High School, Darrell Lee De Gross
Graduate Student Research Papers
The purpose of this study is to trace the major curriculum developments in the junior high school since its inception in 1910 to the present.
The Superintendent's Role In Public Relations, Charles E. Evans
The Superintendent's Role In Public Relations, Charles E. Evans
Graduate Student Research Papers
The purpose of this study is to (1) recognize the merit of a public relations program, (2) investigate the role of the superintendent in the program, and (3) analyze some of the techniques involved in supporting such a program.
The Parent-Teacher Conference: Its Preparation And Use, Charles Vernon Mcconnell
The Parent-Teacher Conference: Its Preparation And Use, Charles Vernon Mcconnell
Graduate Student Research Papers
It is the purpose of this paper to investigate individual parent-teacher conferences and to discover what steps can be taken to make them most effective. In studying the different aspects of the conference, the various advantages and difficulties will be reviewed.
Current Trends And Practices In The Use Of Times Writings As A Testing Device In High School Typewriting Classes, Charles Allyn Fletcher
Current Trends And Practices In The Use Of Times Writings As A Testing Device In High School Typewriting Classes, Charles Allyn Fletcher
Graduate Student Research Papers
Through a survey of recent literature in the business education field, the writer will attempt to show current trends and practices in the use of timed writings as evaluation and instructional devices in high school typewriting classes.
A Study Of Central Washington School Superintendents' Opinions Concerning The Establishment Of A School Study Council To Facilitate Educational Research, Donald A. Mitchell
A Study Of Central Washington School Superintendents' Opinions Concerning The Establishment Of A School Study Council To Facilitate Educational Research, Donald A. Mitchell
Graduate Student Research Papers
The purpose of this study was to determine the interests of school superintendents in the Central Washington Area regarding the establishment of a school study council to promote educational research. A questionnaire will be used in securing the opinions of the superintendents.
Utilization Of Community Resources In Social Studies, Charles H. Thacker
Utilization Of Community Resources In Social Studies, Charles H. Thacker
Graduate Student Research Papers
Since most communities surrounding every school contain unlimited opportunities for students to learn, it is necessary that these community resources be located and made known to the school and the teacher before they can be utilized in the school program. Therefore, a comprehensive inventory of such resources is essential, as is the systematic recording of survey findings, formulation of school policies concerning use of community resources, and the diffusion of this information to all personnel concerned. In turn such an organized program may have an influential effect upon the following: 1. Provide the students with new educational learning resources for …
Classical Greek And Modern American Education As Expressions Of A View Of Man: A Comparison And Evaluation, Barbara R. Whittaker
Classical Greek And Modern American Education As Expressions Of A View Of Man: A Comparison And Evaluation, Barbara R. Whittaker
Graduate Student Research Papers
This research is an attempt to recognize and compare the values and ideas which influenced Classical Greek education with those basic to the American Heritage, in order to determine what implications there might be for education in the future.
Federal Aid To Education, Wallace Loe
Federal Aid To Education, Wallace Loe
Graduate Student Research Papers
The problem was to study the area of federal aid to education from the historical point of view. The writer wished to answer these questions: (1) How long have we had federal aid to education? (2) What kinds of federal aid to education do we have?
The Organization And Administration Of The Noon-Time Program At Pasco High School, Russell A. Wiseman
The Organization And Administration Of The Noon-Time Program At Pasco High School, Russell A. Wiseman
Graduate Student Research Papers
The purpose of this study was to establish a program that would enable Pasco High School students to more adequately make use or noon-hour leisure and to facilitate their wiser use of leisure time in the future. To more clearly picture the program organized and to understand the historical material, various terms were introduced tor clarification so as to discriminate concepts and ideas advanced by various authors. Education terminology in many cases differed, but the intention of the writers was generally the same. The ideas of the study were framed in light of those statements.