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Lucy Sprague Mitchell, Mary Phelps, Margaret Wise Brown

Books

A short biography of Lucy Sprague Mitchell written around the time the Bank Street Writers Lab was established. Written by Writers Lab members Mary Phelps and Margaret Wise Brown.

An Analysis Of The Vocabularies Of Primers, Katie Motley

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of the present study is threefold:

1. To analyze the vocabulary of each of fourteen primers to determine the extent to which their vocabularies are identical.
2. To find what percentage of words each primer has in common with the Kentucky adopted text Ben and Alice.
3. To suggest primers which best supplement Ben and Alice for slow learners and for fast learners.

A Study Of The Nursery Schools Conducted At Western Kentucky Teachers College In 1934 And 1935, Ethel Barnard

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

As a result of the recent rapid increase in number of nursery schools in the United States a great deal of interest in nursery education has been evinced. The purpose of this study is to present a descriptive sketch of the nursery schools conducted at Western Kentucky Teachers College in such a manner that some results of the work may be shown.

Training Teachers For Emergency Nursery Schools In Washington, Robert E. Mcconnell

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Education and Professional Studies

The work on the emergency nursery school program in Washington started on January 6, 1934, in the State Department of Education. The purposes of the program as outlined by the state supervisor are pertinent here. (1) To serve the emergency needs of preschool children and their parents who are suffering from current social and economic difficulties. (2) To carry improved methods of child care and guidance into the home. (3) To employ needy qualified workers. ( 4) To carry on an educational and health program for children and their parents. (5) To demonstrate to local communities and school authorities methods …

President's Report, Wku President's Office - Cherry

Board of Regents Documents

President Henry Cherry's report to the Board of Regents:

• Retrenchment Statement pp. 12-15
• Training School pp. 16-17
• Agriculture in the College pp. 18-20
• Physical Education & Health 1932-1933 pp. 21-27
• Industrial Arts Department pp. 28-32
• Music Department p. 33
• Extension Department pp. 34-37
• The College Library pp. 38-40
• The College Band p. 41
• Personnel Department pp. 42-45
• The College Heights Foundation pp. 46-49
• The Kentucky Building pp. 50-52
• Maintenance & Operation Department pp. 53-54
• The College Heights Herald p. 55
• The Post Office p. 56
• College Heights Bookstore pp. 57-58
• Enrollment p. 59
• Per Capita Cost of the Four Teachers …

Oral Reading In The Intermediate Grades, Mildred Gudex

Bachelors’ Theses

By silent reading we mean the single process of getting the thought from the printed page; by oral reading we mean the getting and the giving of the thought from the printed page. Oral reading is, accordingly, a much more complex process than silent reading. Silent reading involves the recognition of the symbol - that is, the word - and the as sociation of the word with the idea or getting the thought. Oral reading involves the recognition of the symbol; the as sociation of the word with the idea - getting the thought; and the vocal utterance of the …

Music And The Child, Leo John Dejan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The parents play an important part in the musical education of the child. The Teacher or tutor of music can assign and review the child's exercises, but it is the parent that must see to it that the child derives the maximum development of his musical capacity.

The Advantages Of Home Economics In The Elementary School, Helen C. Banks

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Thus in summing up the advantages of Home Economics in the Elementary Schools, where it plays so vital a part in the child's training in fitting the child to meet the needs of society, we find Home Economic playing an important part in the school curriculum of to-day.

The Reign Of Terror Was A Natural Consequence Of Preceding Incidents, Octave Peter Smith

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis, submitted to Xavier University in partial fulfillment of requirements for a Bachelor of Arts in Education degree in 1932, examines the relative importance of heredity and environment in shaping human development across the life course. Drawing on educational psychology literature by Starch, Thorndike, Averial, James, Horne, and Dom Thomas Verner Moore, the thesis surveys competing theoretical positions on whether inherited traits or external conditions constitute the greater force in determining individual character, intelligence, and social behavior. The central argument of the thesis holds that heredity and environment are mutually dependent and cannot be meaningfully separated: instincts provide the …

Pre-Primer Reading, Meta Terlinden

Bachelors’ Theses

I shall attempt to show, in this thesis, the importance and· feasibility of pre-primer reading as an adequate foundation for primer reading. While pre-primer reading has taken an important place in the curriculum during recent years, there has been an ever-increasing interest taken as to its value, especially to children of low intelligence and to foreign children. I have obtained my references, to a large extent from William S. Gray and Laura Zirbes in their article on Primary Reading which appears in the Class Room Teacher Volume II, and also from articles on reading which are given in The Twenty-Fourth …

Children's Reading, Mildred Mary Grosskopf

Bachelors’ Theses

Probably the subject in the curriculum which has been most thoroughly studied and investigated by educators during the last few years is reading. There has been "a search for easy methods, philosophic methods, all sorts of methods by which a child may be inducted into its delights and mysteries. --- The subject has not only been covered, it has been immersed." (Cf. "A Guide to Lit. for Children" by W.T. Field. p. 60.)

Relative Importance Of Heredity And Environment, Harriet Sanders

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The most interesting and educational type of discussion today is, I think, that on Environment and Heredity, in which many questions arise such as, "Which has the greatest force in man's life, Hereditary or Environment?" "Does his training or environment influence his attainment?" or, "What is the relative importance of nature and nurture?"

Silent And Oral Reading In The Fourth Grade, Ida M. Golden

Bachelors’ Theses

Th© value of the ability to read, understandingly and. rapidly is being recognized, more and. more by people in all walks of life. The possession of reading ability makes it possible for one to enrich his own life, become more efficient in his chosen work, and be of greater service to the world in which he lives.

The Story Of An Australian Nursery School, Mary Valentine Gutteridge

Australian Educational Studies

The opening of this Nursery School forms a part of an extensive movement that is taking place in many countries of the world. The Nursery School has sprung into existence to meet the needs of the child, who, no longer a baby in arms, is not yet ready for the activities of the kindergarten. This child at eighteen months has outgrown the ordinary nursery; is longing for something that will challenge his growing powers of mind and body, and for the opportunity of playing with those of his own age and strength. The Nursery School is a definite result of …

The Use Of Marionettes As A Project In The Elementary Schools, Elizabeth M. Grady

Bachelors’ Theses

A few years ago we associated the marionette entirely with the Italian showman. Now a veritable renaissance of interest in marionettes seems to be sweeping over every country, out own included. Many artists were quick to see the educational as well as enjoyments possibilities in this fascinating form of drama. The result has been that in almost every city and town some sort of work with marionettes is being done in the public, private and parochial schools from the primary grades to high school.

Kentucky School Journal, Department Of Library Special Collections

Research Collections

No abstract provided.

More Kindergartens In Washington, Clara Meisner

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Education and Professional Studies

A western state, California, has he distinction of leading the states of the Union in percentage of children in public school kindergartens. What California has done in such marked degree has also been done in son'ie degree in many other states. It is to be regretted that the state of Washington is not abreast with California and other progressive states in number of public kindergartens.

Catalogue And Course Of Study Of The Caneyville Public Schools, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

No abstract provided.

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 6, No. 3, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Course catalog & newsletter:

• Summer School
• The New Normal Site
• Recitation Hall
• Cabell Hall
• The New Vanmeter Auditorium & Administration Building
• The Tired Teacher
• Courses Offered
• The Normal Training School
• English
• History
• Physical Sciences
• Physiology II
• Mathematics
• Drawing
• The Library
• The School of Domestic Science & Domestic Arts
• Nature Study & Elementary Agriculture
• Do You Need a Teacher?
• Physical Education
• Excursion from the Western Normal Summer School to the Kentucky Educational Association
• For High School Teachers
• Geography
• Special Announcement Summer School Western Normal
• Headquarters of Western Kentucky State Normal School at the Kentucky Educational Association
• Kindergarten Department
• Stewart, Cora. The …

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. Iii, No. 2, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Course catalog & newsletter:

• New Site for the State Normal
• What Prominent Men Think About the New Site for the Western Kentucky State Normal
• No Contagious Disease in Bowling Green
• The Summer School
• Texts Used in Normal
• McLean, Mattie. School News
• Educational Reform in Kentucky
• The Spring & Summer Terms

Proceedings Of The Ky County Superintendents And Education, Department Of Library Special Collections

Research Collections

No abstract provided.