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National Survey of Secondary Education. Bulletin, 1932, No. 17. Monograph No. 22: Instruction in Science
Author: Beauchamp, Wilbur L.
Date: 1932-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Educational History,National Surveys,School Statistics,Secondary Education,Junior High Schools,High Schools,School Visitation,Course Descriptions,Teaching Methods,Instructional Innovation,Educational Change,Classroom Techniques,Curriculum Research,Educational Objectives,Educational Trends,Curriculum Development,Secondary School Curriculum,Educational Policy,Urban Schools,Public Schools,Course Organization,Courses,Class Organization,Science Instruction,Science Curriculum,Science Teachers,Biology,Physics,Chemistry,Problems

This investigation of the teaching of science in secondary schools is based upon the analysis of 58 courses in general science, 45 courses in biology, 27 courses in physics, and 30 courses in chemistry. The courses were obtained from schools in response to a request from the Office of Education for courses which had been revised since 1925. Some courses were also secured from the Division of Research of the National Education Association. Twenty-six States are represented by one or more courses of study. In addition to the data obtained from the courses of study, visits were made to schools in 14 cities in various parts of the United States. Fifty-five classes were visited. The purpose of the classroom visiting was twofold: (1) To discover the extent to which the courses of study actually functioned in dictating the subject matter presented and the technique of instruction employed; and (2) to discover promising innovations in classroom technique. Most of the visits were made to cities in which revised course outlines had been prepared. Individual sections contain footnotes. (Contains 8 tables.) [Best copy available has been provided.]
National Survey of Secondary Education. Bulletin, 1932, No. 17. Monograph No. 23: Instruction in Mathematics
Author: Lide, Edwin S.
Date: 1933-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Educational History,Mathematics Instruction,Secondary School Mathematics,Influences,National Organizations,National Surveys,School Statistics,Course Content,Curriculum Guides,Secondary Education,Junior High Schools,High Schools,School Visitation,Course Descriptions,Teaching Methods,Instructional Innovation,Curriculum Research,Educational Objectives,Educational Trends,Curriculum Development,Secondary School Curriculum,Educational Policy,Urban Schools,Public Schools,Course Organization,Class Organization,Mathematics Teachers,Mathematics,College Preparation,Textbooks,Articulation (Education),State Curriculum Guides,Elective Courses,Required Courses

This manuscript on mathematics was prepared by Dr. Edwin S. Lide, one of the full-time workers on the Survey. It gives attention to courses of study mostly in mimeographed form which he succeeded in obtaining and to personal visitations which he made to the various schools. It covers the work in the junior high school and in the senior high school. The wide effect of the National Committee on Mathematics on the courses of study and on practice are here recorded. This monograph contains the following chapters: (1) General characteristics of outlines of courses; (2) Mathematics in junior high school grades; (3) Mathematics in senior high school grades; (4) Influences on the production and use of courses of study; and (5) Summary and conclusion. Individual chapters contain footnotes. (Contains 1 figure and 13 tables.) [Best copy available has been provided.]
National Survey of Secondary Education. Bulletin, 1932, No. 17. Monograph No. 24: Instruction in Foreign Languages
Author: Eddy, Helen M.
Date: 1933-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Educational History,Course Content,Curriculum Guides,Questionnaires,Second Languages,Latin,Language Tests,College Entrance Examinations,High Stakes Tests,Modern Language Curriculum,Modern Languages,Second Language Instruction,National Surveys,School Statistics,Secondary Education,Junior High Schools,High Schools,School Visitation,Course Descriptions,Teaching Methods,Curriculum Research,Educational Objectives,Educational Trends,Curriculum Development,Secondary School Curriculum,Educational Policy,Urban Schools,Public Schools,Course Organization,Courses,Class Organization,Reports

The handling of this survey was intrusted to Dr. Leonard V. Koos, of the University of Chicago. With great skill he has, working on a full-time basis during his free quarters from the University of Chicago and part time during other quarters, brought it to a conclusion. This manuscript was prepared by Helen M. Eddy, associate professor of romance languages in the University of Iowa. She obtained 207 courses in foreign language all, dating since the appearance of the Classical Report in 1924. These show the effects of the Classical Report on the study of Latin, and to a lesser extent of the Modern Foreign Language Study on the other foreign languages. Doctor Eddy also visited 263 classes, of which 82 were in Latin or in general language and 181 in modern foreign language. Usually the work in the language field was in some confusion due to the efforts of teachers to put into effect the recommendations of these two great surveys. In some instances the chief concern was to get classes ready for college-entrance examinations or for the New York Regents examinations. Latin courses were, however, usually being made to conform to the Classical Report. Less emphasis was given to grammar in the first year and less stress placed upon reading of classical authors in the later years. In the modern foreign languages much more attention is now given to reading the language. Exercises needed for writing it and practice in speaking the foreign tongue are both subordinated to the reading aim. Courses in general language offered to junior high school pupils were found in 16 States. Twenty-three States had no such courses and 10 States did not reply to the questionnaire. This monograph contains the following chapters: (1) Modern foreign languages; (2) Latin; and (3) Foreign language in the junior high school. Individual chapters contain footnotes. [Best copy available has been provided.]
National Survey of Secondary Education. Bulletin, 1932, No. 17. Monograph No. 25: Instruction in Music and Art in Two Parts
Author: Pierce, Anne E.
Date: 1933-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational History,National Surveys,School Statistics,Questionnaires,Educational Equipment,Educational Research,Measurement,Student Evaluation,Art Education,Music Education,Music,Observation,Musicians,Leisure Time,Course Content,Curriculum Guides,Secondary Education,Junior High Schools,High Schools,School Visitation,Course Descriptions,Teaching Methods,Instructional Innovation,Classroom Techniques,Curriculum Research,Educational Objectives,Secondary School Curriculum,Educational Policy,Urban Schools,Public Schools,Course Organization,Courses,Class Organization,Private Schools

This is a study in the two fields of the fine arts which have largely found their way into the curriculum of the secondary schools during the past 30 years. Anne E. Pierce, associate in music at the University of Iowa, made the study of music. Robert S. Elbert, assistant professor of art education, University of Minnesota, made the study of art education. Both of these investigators have followed the usual procedure, that is, they have used inquiry forms and later made personal visits to schools. Music, it will be observed, is now largely satisfying a demand created by increase in leisure hours. The working hours of mankind have been reduced and will in the future be cut down still more. Music is one of the subjects which in Europe is a very common leisure-time occupation. It is significant that of the 393 members of the National High School Orchestra in 1930, only 38 per cent indicated that they intended to become professional performers; only 10 per cent indicated that they planned to teach music. This, together with the information shown in the accompanying report regarding the course of study, leads readers to believe that music is now filling an important position as a leisure-time occupation. Fewer organized courses of study exist in art than in music. Furthermore, fewer visits were made by the investigator to the schools; but enough was done to show that art, too, is going to be a subject taught with the leisure time of pupils in view. This monograph is divided into two parts: Part I: Music, which contains the following chapters: (1) The Development of Music in Public High Schools; (2) The Course of Study in Music; (3) Observation of Teaching in Selected Schools; and (4) Summary and conclusion. Part II: Art, contains the following chapters: (1) The Nature of the Investigation; (2) Major Trends in Courses of Study in Art; (3) Observations from Visits and Conferences; (4) Measurement and Research in Art Education; and (5) Summary. Individual chapters contain footnotes. (Contains 3 figures and 1 table.) [Best copy available has been provided.]
National Survey of Secondary Education. Bulletin, 1932, No. 17. Monograph No. 26: Nonathletic Extracurriculum Activities
Author: Reavis, William C.
Date: 1933-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Educational History,National Surveys,School Statistics,Secondary Education,Extracurricular Activities,Check Lists,Questionnaires,School Visitation,Student Development,High School Students,Junior High School Students,Public Schools,Private Schools,Student Interests,Followup Studies,High School Graduates,Program Descriptions,Program Administration,Program Effectiveness,Student Participation,Males,Females,School Organization,Enrollment

In order that we may know where we stand in secondary education, the membership of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools four years ago took the lead in urging a study. When the members of a committee of this association appeared before the Bureau of the Budget in 1928, they received a very courteous hearing. It was impossible, so the Chief of the Budget of Bureau thought, to obtain all the money which the commission felt desirable; with the money which was obtained, $225,000, to be expended over a 3-year period, it was found impossible to do all the things that the committee had in mind. It was possible, however, to study those things which pertained strictly to secondary education, that is, its organization; its curriculum, including some of the more fundamental subjects, and particularly those subjects on which a comparison could be made between the present and earlier periods; its extracurriculum, which is almost entirely new in the past 30 years; the pupil population; and administrative and supervisory problems, personnel, and activities. This manuscript has to do with extracurriculum activities which are nonathletic. The authors attempted to find out what extracurriculum activities there were and what, if any, the carryover influence into later life was on those participating. They examined four high schools within 50 miles of Chicago. These were the only schools among 50 sampled which could produce student publications of the period before 1918. From these publications data were secured on student activities in all four schools during the period 1913-1930 and in some of the schools for earlier years. Tabulation was also made of returns on a check list on extra-curriculum activities of the nonathletic type received from 224 schools. Later 24 of these schools were visited by the surveyors and a check list was used to secure more detailed information on a number of additional items considered important. An effort was made to ascertain the influence of these activities on later activities in college or in adult life. No conclusive findings are reported, largely because of lack of records. Data for 529 graduates of a private secondary school, however, show in 42 per cent of the cases a carry-over value of interest in extracurriculum activities from secondary school to college. Data from 293 graduates of a public high school are also reported. Individual sections contain footnotes. (Contains 84 tables and 22 figures.) [Best copy available has been provided.]
National Survey of Secondary Education. Bulletin, 1932, No. 17. Monograph No. 27: Intramural and Interscholastic Athletics
Author: Brammel, P. Roy
Date: 1933-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Educational History,National Surveys,School Statistics,Physical Education,Secondary Education,Educational Finance,Intramural Athletics,Extramural Athletics,Team Sports,Athletic Coaches,Physical Education Facilities,Physical Education Teachers,Problems,Questionnaires,School Visitation,High School Students,Junior High School Students,Public Schools,Program Descriptions,Program Administration,Program Effectiveness,Student Participation,Males,Females,School Organization,Enrollment,Financial Support

The purpose of this investigation is twofold: First, the portrayal of the present situation in numerous phases of secondary-school athletics; and second, the presentation of suggestive materials gleaned from an intensive study of schools having especially promising practices in the phases studied. Stated more specifically, a few of the purposes of the study which will indicate also some of the phases investigated, are as follows: (1) To discover and study noteworthy plans for the administration and supervision of secondary-school athletics; and (2) to study intensively especially promising methods for the financial control of secondary-school athletics; (3) to make special studies of secondary schools in which intra-mural and interscholastic athletics are phases of the program of physical education; and (4) to study practices in secondary schools where certain problems relative to athletics appear to be dealt with successfully. It was impossible under the limitations of the National Survey of Secondary Education, and it was not the intention of the survey staff, to make a comprehensive study of the present status of athletics in secondary schools. As will be pointed out later, the schools included in this investigation do not represent a random sampling of secondary schools for the United States. Rather, in practically all cases, schools were included for study because they had been cited as doing outstanding work in the field of athletics. (Contains 32 tables and 1 footnote.) [Best copy available has been provided.]
Student War Loans Program: Final Report. Bulletin, 1946, No. 14
Author: Flynt, R. C. M.
Date: 1946-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Eligibility,Student Loan Programs,National Security,Part Time Employment,War,Engineering Education,Management Development,Science Education,Financial Support,Educational Finance,Program Descriptions,Documentation,Federal Legislation,Reports,Higher Education,Paying for College

The Student War Loans Program, officially &quot;Loans to Students in Technical and Professional Fields (National Defense),&quot; was one of five essential wartime programs administered by the U. S. Office of Education. The Division of Higher Education administered two of these programs, namely, the Engineering, Science and Management War Training Program and the Student War Loans Program. Through the Student War Loans Program more than 11,000 young men in 286 colleges and universities were enabled to enter upon, and to pursue, an accelerated program of studies during the critical war years of 1942-44. An accelerated program of studies demanded the full time of these students and prevented them from supplementing their incomes by part-time work. The loans made to them from funds appropriated to this office prevented many students from dropping out of school for financial reasons and made it possible for all student borrowers to complete their courses much earlier than would otherwise have been the case. This brief report of the Student War Loans Program is aimed to provide information concerning: program origins and provisions; the method of administration adopted and carried out by the U. S. Office of Education; standards established to determine student eligibility; and program activities for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1943 and June 30, 1944. Appended are supporting documents and documentation, including: (1) Pertinent sections of the Labor-Federal Security Appropriations Act 1943, approved July 2, 1942; (2) U.S. Office of Education regulations governing student loans; (3) Form for colleges and universities to request approval of an acceleration program and loan plan; (4) Memorandum of procedure for determining numbers of student to whom loans may be granted pursuant to Public Law 647; (5) Sample promissory note--student war loans program; (6) Designation of officers responsible for assignment of borrowers to employment or service; (7) Pertinent section from the Labor-Federal Security Appropriations Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, approved July 12, 1943; (8) List of participating colleges and universities; (9) Cumulative report of student war loans program for fiscal years 1943-43 and 1943-44; and (10) Distribution of student war loans by regions and States. (Contains 5 tables.) [Best copy available has been provided.]
Inter-American Understanding and the Preparation of Teachers. Bulletin, 1946, No. 15
Author: Bathurst, Effie G.
Date: 1946-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Advisory Committees,Public Schools,Schools of Education,Demonstration Centers,Teacher Education Programs,Counties,School Districts,Cooperation,Preservice Teacher Education,Administrators,Spanish Speaking,English,Native Speakers,Educational Improvement,Teacher Effectiveness

To promote inter-American understanding, a number of public-school systems, teacher-preparing institutions, State and county education departments, and the U. S. Office of Education recently cooperated in a series of experimental or demonstration centers. This bulletin describes the work carried on by 22 of these centers aided by a grant from the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs and directed by an advisory committee of the U. S. Office of Education staff. After giving a brief overview of the problems, and a resume of early services of the U. S. Office of Education in promoting inter-American understanding, the bulletin reports the activities of the experimental centers for in-service and pre-service preparation of teachers for inter-American education. Appended are a list of participating centers, including their location and persons in charge, and a bibliography. (Contains 46 footnotes.) [Best copy available has been provided.]
Statistics of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities, Year Ended June 30, 1945. Bulletin, 1947, No. 1
Author: Farr, Maude
Date: 1947-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Educational History,Land Grant Universities,Federal Legislation,National Surveys,School Surveys,School Statistics,Comparative Education,Enrollment Trends,Enrollment,On Campus Students,Males,Females,College Students,Academic Degrees,College Graduates,College Faculty,School Personnel,Expenditures,Income,White Students,Federal Government,Military Training,Minicourses,Federal Programs,Government School Relationship,Federal State Relationship,State Policy,Federal Aid,Racial Segregation,School Segregation,Black Colleges,African American Students,African American Education,Adult Education,Educational Legislation,Educational Policy,Educational Finance,Grants,Agricultural Colleges,Agricultural Education,Correspondence Study,Liberal Arts,Vocational Education,Engineering Education,Professional Education,Home Economics Education,Teacher Education,Extension Education,Research and Development,Majors (Students),State Aid,Educational Facilities

This is the annual statistical report of land-grant colleges and universities prepared in accordance with the responsibilities of the U. S. Office of Education under the Second Morrill Act, The Nelson Amendment, and Title II of the Bankhead-Jones Act. It is published separately from the &quot;Biennial Survey of Education.&quot; In general, there was a decrease in staff in land-grant institutions from 1943-44 to 1944-45. There was a continued decrease in the number of regular session full-time enrollments in institutions with white students through 1944-45, an increase in institutions for Negroes, and a great decrease in all institutions in the number of short-course Government-contract military students. The total educational and general income increased, despite a decrease in income from the Federal Government; and expenditures for educational, general and &quot;other noneducational&quot; accounts increased. (Contains 14 tables.) [Prepared under the direction of Emery M. Foster, Head of the Reports and Analysis Section of Research and Statistical Service. Best copy available has been provided.]
Education in Ecuador. Bulletin, 1947, No. 2
Author: Ebaugh, Cameron D.
Date: 1947-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational History,World History,Politics of Education,Preschool Education,Kindergarten,School Buildings,Enrollment,Instructional Materials,Teaching Methods,School Schedules,Elementary Schools,Curriculum,School Libraries,Urban Schools,Rural Schools,Special Schools,Nontraditional Education,Supervision,Governance,Parent Participation,Literacy Education,Secondary Education,Educational Administration,Laboratories,Fees,Scholarships,Tests,Grading,College Preparation,Private Schools,Vocational Education,Technical Education,Business Education,Physical Education,Fine Arts,Music Education,Military Schools,Teachers,Teacher Qualifications,Teacher Salaries,Teacher Education,Schools of Education,Elementary School Teachers,Secondary School Teachers,Teacher Improvement,Higher Education,College Faculty

The U. S. Office of Education has undertaken the preparation of a series of basic studies on education in a number of Central and South American countries under the sponsorship of the Interdepartmental Committee on Scientific and Cultural Cooperation. This series of studies is part of a program to promote understanding of educational conditions in the American countries and to encourage cooperation in the field of Inter-American education. The project, a part of a Government-wide program of cultural cooperation under the auspices of the Department of State, was begun in the fall of 1943. It involves travel by Office of Education specialists in the various countries for the purpose of gathering data first hand on their educational systems, and the preparation of reports from these data for publication. &quot;Education in Ecuador&quot; is based on data gathered by the author in Ecuador in 1944 and supplemented since then through documentation. The six chapters in this bulletin cover the following topics: (1) Evolution of education in Ecuador; (2) Elementary education; (3) Secondary education; (4) Vocational education; (5) Teachers; and (6) Higher education. A bibliography is included. (Contains 54 footnotes, 15 tables, and 2 charts.) [Best copy available has been provided.]