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Education For Self-Reliance, Responsibility And Hope, John Strassburger

Publications

This is the first in a series of occasional papers about the challenges confronting students and what Ursinus is doing to help them enter adult life.

The Founding Of A School: An Oral History Of The Abraham Joshua Heschel School, Joan Yotive Berland

Graduate Student Independent Studies

The Abraham Joshua Heschel School was founded in the early 1980's by Peter Geffen and other Jewish professionals and laypersons who were committed to a school that was independent of any synagogue or organization. A school where a wide range of Jewish beliefs and practices along with secular studies could be integrated through intellectual, academic, ethical, artistic, social and emotional realms.

By conducting interviews with 4 or the 8 people who taught or worked at the Heschel school when it opened in 1983, it was possible to collect an oral history that revealed aspects which were significant in founding and …

Young Geographers: How They Explore The World And How They Map The World [4th Ed.], Lucy Sprague Mitchell

Books

"Lucy Sprague Mitchell's thesis is that through their own experiences children can learn geography, and that through geography children can learn about the human world."-- Foreward.

Teaching In The Silent Way With A Focus On Idioms, Cynthia S. Wiseman

MA TESOL Collection

This paper is one which in essence summarizes how one teacher is trying to rethink teaching in light of the common sense principles presented in the Silent Way. The focus is teaching idioms because that was our focus in the class which served as a point of departure. However, the paper is not limited to teaching idioms in the classroom. It is more an attempt to outline and thereby understand teaching as it is presented in the Silent Way, as is evidenced by the emphasis on philosophy and techniques used in the Silent Way.

Approaches To Assessment [V.2], Bank Street College Of Education

Books

"The following papers describe the more comprehensive components of the Bank Street analysis system [within the developmental-interaction approach]." -- p.3

Approaches To Teaching And Learning [V.1], Bank Street College Of Education

Books

"In 1968, Bank Street College was invited, under the leadership of Elizabeth Gilkeson and Gordon Klopf, to join in the creation of the National Follow Through Program, an effort intended to sustain and extend the gains of Head Start for low income children. Bank Street's subsequent role as a sponsor offered an opportunity to extend knowledge, develop new tools for implementation and serve a diverse children population in many distant sites. The materials in the present volume grew out of Bank Street's efforts in this challenging program." -- Historical note, [p.2]

A Teachers' Discussion Group: One Source Of Support And Professional Growth Or Meeting And Eating In The Open Classroom, Rebecca Cort, Nydia Leaf, Susan Lewis, Jenny Solow

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This independent study concerns itself with the development of a post-Bank Street teacher discussion group which was formed as a means for support and continuing pro­fessional growth for beginning teachers.

A Descriptive Study Of An Approach To Teaching Reading In An Open Classroom, Helen Haratonik

Graduate Student Independent Studies

The following is a descriptive study of a reading program that was designed in Public School 3 in Greenwich Village.

The Contributions Of The W. K. Kellogg Foundation To Adult Education, Betty Lou Mitchell

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Theses & Dissertations

No abstract.

Diary Of An Open Classroom, Alicia Montalvo

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This study describes the use of the open classroom method in a public school in Spanish Harlem.

Teaching Social Studies From A Global Viewpoint, Janet Hays Clemmer

Dissertations and Theses

The need for preparing our youth to live in an interdependent world on this finite planet has become urgent since the beginning of the nuclear age at the end of World War II. There is a need to extend the loyalty of the citizen tor the nation-state to human needs seen from a global view. The involvement of the United States in the international community already is extensive because of its predominant power. This involvement is not reflected in our education, either from the amount of time devoted to social studies in our schools or in the emphasis on international …

A Survey On The Preparation Of Becoming A Nongraded Elementary School In The State Of Washington, Terry S. Ryan

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study (1) to review the literature regarding the organization of the nongraded elementary school; (2) to ascertain through the use of a questionnaire how the nongraded elementary schools have been organized in the State of Washington; and (3) to compare what the literature stated in organizing the nongraded school as to what was actually done in nongraded school systems in Washington State.

Achievement Study Of Negro Elementary Transfer Students, Peter Andrew Nielsen

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to find out to what extent the transfer program has benefited participating students. The hypothesis was that Negro elementary students participating in the transfer program would make more academic progress by 1968 than would Negro elementary students from the same home schools who did not transfer. All students had to be in grade four in 1966. Students must have taken a standardized achievement test in 1966 and 1968.

The Measurement Of Religious Attitudes Of Men In Residence Halls At Walla Wall College And Whitman College, Norman James Woods

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study is (1) to ascertain from data gathered whether there is a measurable difference of religious attitudes among the residence hall men at Walla Walla College as compared to residence hall men at Whitman College; and (2) determine to what extent the Walla Walla College group subscribes to a position based on the dogma of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

"The American High School: Undertaker Or Regenerator?", Max Rafferty

Special Collections: Oregon Public Speakers

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Nonpromotion On Achievement And Maturation In The Junior High School, Alma C. Spithill

All Master's Theses

The present study has dealt with the problem of the "non-effects" of nonpromotion--a practice which continues because many educators and parents are convinced that grade repetition will help the immature or underachieving child "catch up."

An Intramural Tackle Football Program Guide For Wapato Junior High School, Paul Alan Petty

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study to (1) explore the general objectives of intramural sports and the general objectives, philosophy, and controversies of interscholastic athletics at the junior high school level; (2) comprehend the beneficial values of both intramural sports programs and junior high interscholastic athletics; and (3) develop an intramural tackle football program guide for the existing program at Wapato Junior High School.

Establishing An Integrated Instructional Materials Service, Elsie Eggebroten Tompkins

All Master's Theses

This study attempted to discover if Washington school administrators believed it would be helpful to integrate library, textbook, and audio-visual materials into one instructional materials service. The three aspects of the problem to be explored were (1) the feasibility of the proposed service in actual schools in Washington, (2) the qualifications thought necessary for the director of such an integrated service, and (3) the degree to which our schools already approached an integrated instructional materials service.

Quality In Education: A National Necessity, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Powell Speeches

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Relationship Between Defects Of Articulation In Speech And Emotional Stability Of Children In The Primary Grades, Frances P. Oechsner

All Master's Theses

This study is concerned with the relationship between defects of articulation in speech and emotional instability in elementary school children. The general procedure followed throughout the study involved a comparison of children having articulatory defects with speech normal children for personal and social adjustment.

The Use Of Parent Conferences As A Means Of Reporting And Guiding Pupil Progress In The Elementary School, Harmon L. Schinbeckler

All Master's Theses

The primary purpose of this report is to explain how the principal and faculty of Duwamish School in King county, Washington, introduced, initiated, and followed up a change in the form of reporting to parents to include the use of parent-teacher conferences.

A Study Of Failure And Non-Promotion In The Yakima Elementary Schools, Willis Grayer Graham

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study is to ascertain the incidence of pupil failure and non-promotion of a group of elementary school children. This can be determined by (1) finding the number and percentage of pupils who failed at some point from First Grade through Fifth Grade, and who now are enrolled in the Sixth Grade of the elementary schools of Yakima, Washington, (2) finding the annual rate of failure of this group of children, (3) determining the number of pupil failures the occurred, including a record of failing pupils who failed once, twice, or three or more times, and (4) …

Mexican Readers As Instruments Of The Socialistic Program, Anita Jauckens

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Witness Volume 4, No. 6, May 1925, The Witness Publishing Company

The Witness (1921-1925)

CONTENTS - Vol. 4 No. 6, May 1925

Meditatie (meditation)

82 - Verborgen Afdwalingen by P. J. Hoekenga

Editorials

84 - Het Algemeen en Welgemeend Aanbod des Heils I. by L. Berkhof

86 - Kerkelijke Attestatie II. by Y. P. De Jong

87 - A Misconception by H. Dekker

In Our Churches

88 - The Sabbath Day Abolished? by H. J. Kuiper

Contributions

91 - Bij Wien Beginnen? by N. J. Monsma

93 - The Babylonian Account of Creation by Martin J. Wyngaarden

96 - Het Gebed

96 - Licht Uit Duister (poem)

Witness Volume 4, No. 5, April 1925, The Witness Publishing Company

The Witness (1921-1925)

CONTENTS - Vol. 4 No. 5, April 1925

Meditation

66 - Prayer by P. J. Hoekenga

Editorials

68 - Kerkelijke Attestatie by Y. P. De Jong

69 - De Antithese en de Gemeene Gratie IV. by S. Volbeda

Contributions

71 - Jezus Volgen by N. J. Monsma

73 - De Verzoekingen der Geheiligden

77 - lets Over Onze Pers XVII. by K. Schoolland

80 - Een Stem Van Boven

Witness Volume 4, No. 4, March 1925, The Witness Publishing Company

The Witness (1921-1925)

CONTENTS - Vol. 4 No. 4, March 1925

Editorials

50 - Het Welgemeend Aanbod des Heils by L. Berkhof

Views on Scripture

53 - Het Ambt der Geloovigen (Slot) by Y. P. De Jong

Modern Religious Tendencies

55 - Belangtelling voor de Zuivere Leer by S. Volbeda

In Our Churches

57 - Do We Need a Reformation? by H. J. Kuiper

Contributions

59 - lets Over Onze Pers XVI. by K. Schoolland

60 - Het Kind en de Religie III. by L. Berkhof

Our Educational World

62 - A Broader Basis? by R. Postma

Book Review

63 - De Weg …

Witness Volume 4, No. 3, February 1925, The Witness Publishing Company

The Witness (1921-1925)

CONTENTS - Vol. 4 No. 3, February 1925

Editorials

34 - Settled and Binding by E. Van Halsma

35 - De Leer der Gemeene Gratie en Verwereldlijking by S. Volbeda

In Our Churches

38 - Critiek op de Actie van Classis Grand Rapids West by H. J. Kuiper

Modern Religious Tendencies

40 - Modern Religious Tendencies by S. Volbeda

Contributions

42 - lets Over Onze Pers. XV. by K. Schoolland

45 - Het Kind en de Religie. II. by L. Berkhof

Clippings and Comments

47 - Science Strikes at Darwin by J. M. Vande Kieft

48 - The Moslem and …

Witness Volume 4, No. 2, January 1925, The Witness Publishing Company

The Witness (1921-1925)

CONTENTS - Vol. 4 No. 2, January 1925

Editorials

18 - Synod’s Decisions on the Common Grace Issue II. by H. J. Kuiper

20 - Gedachtenwisseling by S. Volbeda

In Our Churches

21 - A New Department by the editorial staff

21 - Geen Overdrijving van de Leer der Gemeene Gratie

22 - Eene Vermaning voor ons Allen

22 - Onderwerping aan de Besluiten der Meerdere Vergaderingen

23 - In the Streets of Ashkelon by H. J. Kuiper

Buitenlaadsche Kerken

24 - Noord-Amerika—Voortzetting van den Strijd

Views on Scripture

26 - Het Ambt der Geloovigen by Y. P. De Jong …

Witness Volume 4, No. 1, December 1924, The Witness Publishing Company

The Witness (1921-1925)

CONTENTS - Vol. 4 No. 1, December 1924

Meditation

2 - The Salt of the Earth...... The Light of the World by P. J. Hoekenga

3 - Jezus Christus Is Geboren (poem)

Editorials

4 - De Rotterdammer-Brief by L. Berkhof

4 - “Christian Culture” a Desideratum by L. Berkhof

Views on Scripture

5 - Het Ambt der Geloovigen I. by Y. P. De Jong

Modern Religious Tendencies

7 - Gedachtenwisseling by S. Volbeda

Our Educational World

10 - Na den Strijd by R. Postma

11 - The Problem of Correlation in the Teaching of Sacred History by Mark Fakkema

Contributions …

Witness Volume 3, No. 12, November 1924, The Witness Publishing Company

The Witness (1921-1925)

CONTENTS - Vol. 3 No. 12, November 1924

Meditatie (meditation)

178 - Zich het Evangelie van Christus Niet Schamen by P. J. Hoekenga

Editorials

180 - Het Bezoek van Dr. V. Hepp by L. Berkhof

182 - Synod’s Decisions on the Common Grace Issue by H. J. Kuiper

Views on Scripture

185 - A Sign of Our Times? by Y. P. De Jong

Contributions

186 - Hervormingsdag-Overdenkingen by S. Volbeda

189 - lets Over Onze Pers. XIII. by K. Schoolland

Book Review

190 - “Yearbook of the Free Christian Schools in America.” by H. J. Kuiper

Clippings and Comments

191 …