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A Survey Of The Public High School Commercial Departments In The State Of Washington, Ralph Vernon Thomas

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to survey the commercial curriculum of the high schools of the State of Washington. Of particular emphasis was (1) the number of high school commercial teachers employed; (2) commercial subjects offered, grade level at which offered, and total semesters offered; (3) the availability of business machines; (4) commercial courses least needed, and (5) commercial course subjects that could be added. This survey reveals the common characteristics of the commercial departments of the high schools at this time.

St. Cloud State Teachers College Bulletin (Volume 11, Number 1), St. Cloud State University

St. Cloud State Bulletin

Article featured:

Marriage and Family in the United States by Herbert P. Lohrman

The Bulletin was St. Cloud State's in-house academic journal. Faculty, administrators, and staff wrote a wide variety of articles based on many different aspects of education, mostly based at St. Cloud State.

A Study Of Selected Problems In The Administration And Supervision Of Local Programs For The Mentally Deficient In The State Of Washington, Gordon Richard Hauck

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was (1) to discover, in selected areas, existing practices in administering and supervising programs for mentally deficient children in Washington State; (2) to discover what common methods were being employed in meeting difficulties in the selected area; and (3) to develop the finding in such a manner that it would be of concrete help to districts contemplating or actually operating such programs.

A Handbook To Help Promote Understanding And Participation In Education By Home And School For Saint Paul’S Cathedral School, Yakima Washington, Mary Bernardine Myers

All Master's Theses

The problem to which consideration is being given appears to be threefold in purpose. 1. To secure a brief but comprehensive summary of necessary information for the principal of the Catholic Elementary School. 2. To offer the teacher a practical digest of the common laws, policies, and practices pertaining to her profession. 3. To provide the parents - the co-educators of the citizens of tomorrow - with sufficient knowledge of the administrative policies and the instructional methods used in the Catholic Elementary School.

A Manual For Design Education At The College Level, June King Mcfee

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to examine and explore the creativity, techniques, the philosophy and the principles of the broad area called design, as it is applicable to training of students in junior high and senior college with emphasis on teacher education.

A Survey Of The County Film Libraries In The State Of Washington, John M. Hofstrand

All Master's Theses

It was felt that a survey of these film libraries – their organization, personnel, financing, services, and facilities—would provide an insight into the problems inherent in each operation.

Portland Junior College Commencement Program 1954, Portland Junior College

Commencement Programs

The Portland Junior College program for the Seventh Commencement Exercises. Held in Portland, Maine June 13, 1954.

Portland University Commencement Program 1954, Portland University

Commencement Programs

Portland University Commencement program 1954.Commencement was held Friday, June 11, 1954, at Willison Church in Portland, Maine. Commencement speaker was The Honorable Edward F. Merrill, retired Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Court. Honorary Degrees Conferred upon: The Honorable Edward F. Merrill, retired Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Court.

Gorham State Teachers College Commencement Program 1954, Gorham State Teachers College

Commencement Programs

The Gorham State Teachers College program for the Commencement Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 11, 1954. Address given by Dr. Herbert Ross Brown, Professor of English, Bowdoin College.

A Study Of Elementary Physical Education At The Whittier School, Logan, Utah, Phyllis C. Jacobson

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Since the First World War, there has been an increased recognition for the need of physical education in the elementary school. Although educators recognize and agree on the need, they are not in agreement as to how to best achieve this need. Some educators believe that physical education should be taught as a specialized subject. Through this means, instruction is provided by a specialist who is trained in physical education. Some educators believe that physical education should be integrated with every other phase of the school program and taught by the classroom teacher. There are other educators who believe that …

A Study Of Music In The Elementary School As Taught By Graduates Of Central Washington College Who Are Non-Music Majors And Minors, Years 1949-1953, Kay S. Kimmel

All Master's Theses

The majority of music supervisors in the public schools examined in the study said that the classroom teacher should teach music in her classroom from the grade level of kindergarten through fourth grade. These supervisors felt that the classroom teacher was better qualified to correlate and enrich the curriculum for her children than the special music teacher.

A Study Of Administrative Policies And Procedures For Girls' Physical Education In Selected Secondary Schools Of Southern Utah, Ann L. Lamb

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Each person in education from the Commissioner of Education down to the classroom teacher is concerned with administration. Each has administrative duties. The way these duties are conducted and carried out will have a direct influence on the outcome of any physical education program and each child within this program.

Through the Tenth Amendment responsibility for the administration of education has been turned over to the various states. Most of the states through their constitutions place the responsibility upon the legislature to provide for organization and maintenance of public school systems. This body then draws up the statutory laws and …

Accounting For The Finances Of Co-Curricular Activities In Suffolk High School, Arthur Edward Jones

Master's Theses

For a number of years the Virginia State Department of Education has been very much concerned with the handling of finances of co-curricular funds by individual schools. Although the finances of co-curricular activities do not come under the direct supervision of the State Department, this phase or school administration has caused much concern.

The topic of this thesis is "Accounting for Finances of co-curricular Activities in Suffolk High School". Suffolk High School is a member or the Virginia High School Literary and Athletic Association and classified in District I, Group II. It has an enrollment of 509 students including grades …

Helping The Socially Retarded Child Through Sociometrics And Group Work, Harold Peltonen

Graduate Student Projects

The techniques discussed in this paper are tools with which today’s teachers may guide children into richer more satisfying living to themselves and others within the democratic society which we hope they may be able, because of their ultimate social adequacy, to help preserve and extend.

The Contribution Of Folk Dancing Experiences To The Growth And Development Of Junior High School Youth, Raymond William Hall

Graduate Student Projects

The purpose is to explain the values to be derived from an inclusion of folk dancing in the junior high school curriculum. A further purpose is to emphasize the need for folk dancing in the growth and development of young adolescent boys.

St. Cloud State Teachers College Bulletin (Volume 10, Number 2), St. Cloud State University

St. Cloud State Bulletin

Articles featured:

General Education and Social Judgment of College Students by Ronald G. Riggs

What's Your Score? by Richard S. Mitchell

The Bulletin was St. Cloud State's in-house academic journal. Faculty, administrators, and staff wrote a wide variety of articles based on many different aspects of education, mostly based at St. Cloud State.

A Study Of How Children Can Be Taught To Think Better, Josephine Brown Williams

Research Problems, 1947-1991

This study was concerned with ways to improve the thinking of upper elementary school children. An attempt was made to analyze classroom situations which do and do not help children learn to think, and to make suggestions for developing skills in thinking. Criteria were developed by the writer and were presented to upper elementary classroom teachers to help them evaluate themselves in teaching children to think. This problem was the study of how classroom teachers can teach children to think better.

If the democratic way of life in the United States is to survive and the world tomorrow is to …

A Comparative Study Of Attendance Problem Students And Students Of Regular Attendance At Arvin High School, 1952-1953, Earlene Patricia Waters

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Since the Massachusetts Compulsory Education Law of 1642, the nature of the public secondary school student body has undergone .widespread changes. Public education has broadened its base to include all educable students of school age.

Attendance problems seemed to have increased with compulsory education. In the past, assumptions based upon limited observation have been drawn by educators concerning the individual students who constitute this attendance problem group. Since no specific study of attendance conditions existed for the Kern County Union High School District, this investigation has undertaken to meet that need.

A Study Of Continuation Education Practices In Small California Secondary Schools, Clarence Joseph Golomb

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The main purpose of this study was to discover if and why some small California secondary schools fail to provide continuation education.

The study involved two problems: First, to show the arrangements, methods, and problems encountered in carrying out statutory provisions concerning continuation education in small secondary schools; Second, to determine the attitude of secondary school administrators toward continuation education.

Mormon Education In Theory And Practice 1830-1844, Virgil B. Smith

Theses and Dissertations

The problem of this study was to discover and classify "Mormon" ideas current between 1830 and 1844 relating to educational theory and practice, and to compare the theory and practice. The hypothesis is that there were discrepancies in the theory and the practice.