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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.

Philosophy Of Education As It Influences The Elementary Building Program, Loren Eugene Klaus

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Children ...Here And Now [Vol. 1, No. 1, 1953], Bank Street College Of Education

Children Here and Now ... Notes from 69 Bank Street

The most important procession on earth, by Lucy Sprague Mitchell; Education for emotional maturity, by Barbara Biber; Caroline, by Carra Matthews; A primer for writers, by Claudia Lewis; Stories and poems, by the children; Weaving patterns of his world, by Dorothy Stall; Margaret Wise Brown (1910-1952), by Lucy Sprague Mitchell; How do you know? [poem], by Margaret Wise Brown; Some fruits of solitude, by William Penn; The public school workshops program: letter to Bank Street, by Marion Clark; The workshop in …

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.

Industrial Arts In The Junior High School, Grant Eugene Shelby

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this paper has been two-fold. First to trace the history and philosophy of industrial arts from antiquity to the present, with emphasis upon the present. Second, a program for the small Junior High School has been proposed that is in accordance with the modern day purpose and objectives of industrial arts.

Itinerary From 1951 Long Trip, Bank Street College Of Education

1951

No abstract provided.

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) …

Itinerary From 1950 Long Trip, Bank Street College Of Education

1950

From p. 215-217 of Salvatore Vascellaro. (2011). Out of the Classroom and Into the World : Learning From Field Trips, Educating From Experience, and Unlocking the Potential of Our Students and Teachers. The New Press.

The Relationship Between Socio-Economic Status And Personal-Social Adjustment In A Sixth Grade Class In A Small Western City., Ina Dewees Davis

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study is to determine the social and personality adjustment of thirty-five children in a Sixth Grade class room in a small Western city, and the socio-economic status of their family in the community to determine if there is any evidence of relationship between personal-social adjustment and socio-economic status in this room.

Planning And Equiping The School Lunchroom., Frances Willis

All Master's Theses

A healthy body is the foundation for a sound, wholesome mind. Good substantial and nutritious lunches served in an attractive lunchroom with a pleasant inspiring atmosphere will result in desirable qualities of school children. The school lunchroom may make use of effective atmosphere, arrangement and corresponding circumstances to build and direct creative values.

Designing A Well-Rounded Social Program For A Small College Campus To Meet The Social Needs Of All Student Participants., Virginia Evans Johnson

All Master's Theses

The purposes of this study are: to endeavor, as many other similar studies have done to point up and emphasize certain key concepts and ideas regarding the social life on a small college campus; to recognize existing problems; to give the students’ reactions to these problems and their proposed ways of solving them; finally, to find the needs of the students not reached by the existing program and to plan ways of implanting these in the social whole.

Higher Education For American Democracy, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Information Bulletin 1945-1951

On July 13, 1946, President Truman appointed a number of outstanding American civic and educational leaders to a Presidential Commission on Higher Education, charging them to examine the functions of higher education in the United States of America and the best means to perform these, On December 11th 1947 the chairman of the Commission (George F. Zook) submitted the first volume of the report of the Commission to the President.

The six volumes of the report are all titled "Higher Education for American Democracy" and are, in order: Vol. 1, Establishing the Goals, 2. Equalizing and Expanding Individual Opportunity. 3. …

The Married Woman Teacher And The Right To Teach, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Information Bulletin 1945-1951

This bulletin compares investigations carried out by the International Bureau of Education (IBE) in 1932 with a subsequent consultation conducted in 1946 regarding the right for married women to teach. The IBE contacted 45 countries, 40 of whom declared that they made no distinction between married and unmarried women as to their right to teach. Of these, some had complementary remarks including different measures of maternity leave available. The remaining 5 countries, including Australia, did not sanction the employment of married women teachers. Four other countries allowed women to teach, but subject to certain restrictions, and several more, including the …

A History Of The Public Schools Of Durango, Colorado, Cecil Morgan Mckinley

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The aim of this study is to record the growth of the public schools of Durango, Colorado, from 1881 to 1944. It is a chronological history, with stress on the problems encountered with the establishing and developing of the school system. The biographies of the schools' administrators, found in the appendix, have a part in explaining the growth and achievements of the Durango Schools.

The material in this school history offers lessons to the educator and the layman. Since no two public schools travel exactly the same path of growth, a narrative of an additional school system adds some practical …

Religious Education And The Public Schools, John Zornan

Master's Theses

The purpose or this monograph is to survey and evaluate the relationship between religious education and the public schools from the early colonial times to the present. Special attention rill be paid to the widespread agitation that formal religious courses be introduced into the public school curriculum. This necessitates a thorough investigation of the Weekday Church School which is to be the chief' agency of' such courses. The last chapters will be devoted to comments and conclusions based on the fact• as presented.

The Facilities Of High School Libraries In New Mexico, Hazel Hill Petty

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The rapid growth of high schools within the past thirty years, and the changes in the methods of teaching, have made the library and important phase of any well-equipped high school. The capacity for service varies greatly in the different states. Some states have provided adequate equipment and staffs; others have given the bare necessities.

The purpose of this present study is: (1) to determine the facilities of high school libraries in New Mexico; (2) to ascertain the training and qualifications of the personnel; and (3) to compare the results with standards and recommendations made by library and educational associations.

The Ability Of The Forrest Country Mississippi Program Of Negro Education To Certain Selected Counties Of The State, Joseph W. Addison

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The attempt by the state of Mississippi to provide for the education of its people, both white and Negro, has been an arduous one. Especially difficult has been the attempt to provide adequate educational opportunities for its Negro group, and although some progress has been made there is still too wide a discrepancy between what has been done and the minimum of what could be done with regard to the physical facilities, teaching personnel, and curricula content.

Mexican Readers As Instruments Of The Socialistic Program, Anita Jauckens

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Development Of The Public Schools In New Mexico Between 1848 And 1900, Thomas J. Mayfield Jr.

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The conditions of New Mexico and its time of annexation to the United States were different from most other territories that had been added. The population was composed almost entirely of Spanish descent and Indians. Their customs and ideas of church and state differed completely from those of the American subjects. The climatic and geographic conditions of the territory caused the living conditions to be entirely different. The problem in this study is to show how these conditions affected the educational development and how many obstacles were overcome in establishing a system of public schools. The legal status of the …

Building Wholesome Personalities, Mable T. Anderson

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Education and Professional Studies

Is there any question pertaining to child development that is as much discussed today as the subject of improving the child's personality? As parents and teachers talk over their every day problems it is evident that they are concerned principally with the personal traits of their charges. While the training of the intellect is important, it is secondary to the training of personality.

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.

Teachers And Social Leadership, Emil E. Samuelson

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Education and Professional Studies

The argument that the schools can do a great deal to direct and facilitate social change seems valid when we consider the school's sphere of influence. Today a million teachers are entrusted with the task of educating more than 25,000,000 pupils. For twelve years these millions of boys and girls are under the direction of school teachers--certainly no other professional or civic group has an opportunity of like magnitude. If the teaching group should effectively unite upon a comprehensive program its influence on social change would be considerable.

Education For Living, Robert E. Mcconnell

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Education and Professional Studies

What the best people want for their children, America wants for all of its chiIdren. That has become a popular statement. But in the final analysis, what is it that we want for our children? I may answer that question in part. We want culture. We want our children to be refined.

Editorial: Handcuffs For Teachers; The Dilemma Of The Experimental School Teacher, Rosemary Bliven, Sybil May

69 Bank Street

Volume 2 Number 2, November 1935

Handcuffs for Teachers by Rose Emery Bliven discusses the "concerted attempt that is now being made throughout the United States to control the teacher..."

The Dilemma of the Experimental School Teacher by Sybil May discusses the similar problem private school teachers have with public school teachers in regard to academic freedom.

Art Institute Program 1935, Brown/Risd Community Art Project

Art Institute Programs and Transcripts

The Art Institute program for October 31 through November 3, 1935 took place in various venues at Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design. The first session was a talk about Art, Economics and our American Future. The Second talk was The Machine and Good Taste. The third talk was Mural Art in America. The fourth talk was American Music Today. There was a musical recital by the Boston Chamber orchestra in the RISD Museum of Art.

Art Institute Program 1934, Brown/Risd Community Art Project

Art Institute Programs and Transcripts

This Art Institute program took place on December 7 through December 9 1934 at various places at the Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design campuses. The first session featured a talk called The Art Spirit in American Life. The second session featured a talk called The History of Motion Picture as Art, and The Technique of Cinematography (illustrated by the film The Eighth Art). The third session featured a talk called Tradition and Theory in Modern Furniture (illustrated). The fourth session featured a talk called Trends in American Painting Today(illustrated). There also were two recitals and several painting …

A Nursery School Puts Psychology To Work, Barbara Biber

69 Bank Street

Volume 1 Number 3, December 1934

"Describes, in part, the working attitude of a progressive nursery school with respect to the important problem of individual adjustment."

Teaching The Past And The Present, Lucy Sprague Mitchell

69 Bank Street

Volume 1, Number 1, October, 1934

"A report of informal discussions on curriculum by teachers of nine- and ten-year-old children."

Harriet M. Johnson: Pioneer 1867-1934, Lucy Sprague Mitchell

Books

Harriet Johnson's life and work as described by her long time colleague Lucy Sprague Mitchell.

Art Institute Program 1933, Brown/Risd Community Art Project

Art Institute Programs and Transcripts

The Institutes of Art were three-day symposiums sponsored by the Brown/RISD Community Art Project. The symposiums included sessions on Fine Arts, art collecting and exhibitions, printing, industry and commerce, art in the community, civic art, and art in relation to literature. These records include Institute programs, maps, other materials published in connection to the Institutes, and transcripts of lectures and speeches given during sessions.