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The Training of Elementary School Teachers in Mathematics in the Countries Represented in the International Commission on the Teaching of Mathematics. Bulletin, 1915, No. 39. Whole Number 666
Author: Kandel, I. L.
Date: 1915-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational History,Mathematics Education,Elementary School Mathematics,Secondary School Mathematics,International Education,Conferences (Gatherings),Comparative Education,Standards,Preservice Teacher Education,Teacher Education Curriculum,Preservice Teachers,Elementary School Teachers,Schools of Education,State Schools,Two Year Colleges,Higher Education,Bibliographies,Gender Differences,Educational Trends,Educational Improvement,Teacher Certification,Program Descriptions,Educational Policy

The accompanying report deals with the mathematical training of prospective teachers in elementary schools as described in the reports submitted by the International Commission of the Teaching of Mathematics to the Fifth International Congress of Mathematicians, held at Cambridge, England, in August, 1912. A comparative study of the facts presented in these reports is of interest for those engaged in the training of teachers in this country, if only because they indicate that the standards elsewhere are as chaotic as they are here. The requirements of the normal schools, or corresponding institutions vary from a review of the elementary-school arithmetic to the mathematics required for entrance to colleges and universities; or, from another point of view, from an emphasis on the purely professional needs limited to the immediate requirements of the elementary schools, to academic and cultural aims founded on the principle that the more a teacher knows about the subject, in addition to the purely professional training, the more successful will be his teaching. But, great as is the variety of standards and aims in Europe, almost every standard finds a parallel in this country, owing to the absence of uniformity--a condition almost paralleled in England and Switzerland. But, if a generalization may be permitted, it would be true to say that the academic standards in the best systems are higher in the more advanced countries of Europe than they are in the United States. Countries included in this report are: (1) Belgium; (2) Denmark; (3) England; (4) France; (5) Germany; (6) Hungary; (7) Italy; (8) Russia; (9) Sweden; (10) Switzerland; and (11) the United States. A bibliography is included. (Contains 2 footnotes.) [This bulletin was written with the editorial cooperation of David Eugene Smith, William F. Osgood, and J.W.A. Young. Best copy available has been provided.]
Monthly Record of Current Educational Publications. Bulletin, 1915, No. 40. Whole Number 667
Author: Department of the Interior, United States Bureau of Education (ED)
Date: 1915-10-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Teacher Associations,Sex Education,Gardening,Annotated Bibliographies,Educational History,Elementary Education,High Schools,Curriculum,School Health Services,Home Economics Education,Agricultural Education,Womens Education,Public Education,Special Education,Kindergarten,Rural Education,Religious Education,Values Education,Higher Education,Postsecondary Education,Two Year Colleges,African American Education,International Education,Secondary Education,Adult Education,Professional Education,Vocational Education,Extension Education,Teacher Education,Teacher Salaries,Teaching (Occupation),Teaching Methods,Intellectual Disciplines,Hygiene,Sanitation,School Administration,Educational Administration,Child Welfare,Educational Environment,Educational Practices,Educational Psychology,Educational Sociology,Child Development,Educational Facilities,Libraries,Government Publications,Educational Policy,Educational Finance,Career Guidance

This bulletin contains monthly record of current educational publications received by the Library Division of the Bureau of Education. Books, pamphlets, etc., intended for inclusion in this record should be sent to the library of the Bureau of Education, Washington, D.C. This bulletin contains the following: (1) Introductory notes; (2) Publications of associations; (3) Educational history; (4) Current educational conditions; (5) Pedagogics and didactics; (6) Educational psychology: Child study; (7) Special methods of Instruction; (8) Special subjects of curriculum; (9) Kindergarten and primary school; (10) Rural education; (11) Secondary education; (12) Teachers: Training and professional status; (13) Higher education; (14) School administration; (15) School management; (16) School architecture; (17) School hygiene and sanitation; (18) Sex hygiene; (19) Social aspects of education; (20) Child welfare; (21) Moral education; (22) Religious education; (23) Manual and vocational training; (24) Vocational guidance; (25) Agricultural education: Home economics; (26) School gardens; (27) Professional education; (28) Education of women; (29) Negro education; (30) Education of deaf and blind; (31) Exceptional children; (32) Education extension; (33) Libraries and reading; and (34) Bureau of Education: Recent publications. [Compiled by the Library Division of the Bureau of Education. Best copy available has been provided.]
Significant School Extension Records: How to Secure Them. Bulletin, 1915, No. 41
Author: Perry, Clarence Arthur
Date: 1915-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Educational History,Educational Trends,Extension Education,Public Schools,Records (Forms),Recordkeeping,Standards,After School Programs,Evening Programs,Data Collection,Worksheets,Questionnaires,Educational Administration,School Buildings,Educational Equipment,School Administration,Administrative Principles,Urban Schools,Activities,Guidelines,School Community Relationship,School Statistics,Costs

Within the past few years there has been a very remarkable increase in public school extension and the wider use of school buildings and equipment. This extension work has taken many forms, all of which, however, are intended to be supplementary to the regular school work. In order that records of this work may be kept and that teachers, school officers, and students of education may be able to compare the school extension work of one city with that of another, it is very desirable that there shall be some uniform system of records. Agreement upon the vital and recordable facts in school extension has not yet been feasible, because its activities are still so varied and unstandardized. With the maturing of after-school systems, however, programs will become more and more alike in fundamentals, and the ideas of administrators as to the facts that should be recorded will gradually approach agreement. Agreement among the authorities upon the recordable and desirable facts of school-extension work, which is the first step in the securing of uniform records, might have been sought by means of the questionnaire method. In deciding what kinds of data should be included in the suggested schedule about to be set forth, several principles believed to be of fundamental importance were adhered to. This bulletin contains the following: (1) Letter of transmittal; (2) Uniformity in record keeping; (3) Basic considerations; (4) The recordable and desirable facts; (5) Evening schools; (6) Afternoon extension activities; (7) Summary; (8) Suggested blank forms; (9) Uniform school extension record--Daily; (10) Monthly record sheet; and (11) Uniform school extension record--Monthly. Appended are: (1) Bureau of Education school extension questionnaire; (2) Directions for use of the daily uniform school extension record; and (3) Directions for use of the monthly uniform school extension record. (Contains 5 tables and 3 footnotes.) [Best copy available has been provided.]
Advancement of the Teacher with the Class. Bulletin, 1915, No. 42
Author: Mahoney, James
Date: 1916-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Personality Traits,Teacher Characteristics,Cultural Influences,Educational Attainment,Knowledge Level,Altruism,Teaching Skills,Questionnaires,Superintendents,Teacher Attitudes,Administrator Attitudes,Foreign Countries,Looping (Teachers),Teaching Methods,Educational Administration

Shall teachers in city graded schools be advanced from grade to grade with their pupils through a series of two, three, four, or more years, so that they may come to know the children they teach and be able to build the work of the latter years on that of the earlier years, or shall teachers be required to remain year after year in the same grade while the children, promoted from grade to grade, are taught by a different teacher each year? For the purpose of calling the attention of teachers and school officers to the subject, and that they may have in brief compass at least a partial summary of the practice of the schools of this and other countries, and of the opinions of some of those who have tried the two plans. On general grounds, in accordance with the principles of pedagogy and psychology, the argument is strong for the advancement of the teacher with her pupils for a considerable period of time. The personality of the teacher is the vitalizing force education, and it is productive in individuals: (a) according to native endowment, (b) according to personal training and attainment in knowledge, sympathy, and skill. When a wholesome, productive personality has once begun to stimulate into new life and power the growing conscious being of the child, its activity should be continued so long as it shows a normal quickening influence. This is essential for conscious mental unity in the child, and for normal, uniform development. Contents of this bulletin include: (1) Letter of transmittal; (2) The questions involved; (3) Reasoning from a theoretical standpoint; (4) Grades and cycles of advancement noted in replies to questionnaire; (5) Opinions of superintendents as to merits of plan; (6) Opinions of teachers; (7) Advancement of teacher in foreign schools; (8) Summary of arguments for and against the plan; and (9) Addenda. (Contains 2 tables and 5 footnotes.) [Best copy available has been provided.]
Educational Directory, 1915-16. Bulletin, 1915, No. 43
Author: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education (ED)
Date: 1915-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational History,Directories,Public Officials,Federal Government,State Government,State Boards of Education,Libraries,Superintendents,Urban Schools,Central Office Administrators,School Districts,County School Districts,Higher Education,Trustees,Governing Boards,College Administration,College Presidents,College Faculty,Deans,Teacher Education,State Schools,Special Schools,Special Education,Principals,Kindergarten,Elementary Secondary Education,Art Education,Vocational Education,Library Education,Parochial Schools,Summer Schools,Museums,Administrators,Librarians,Private Schools,Public Schools,Philanthropic Foundations,Churches,Nonprofit Organizations,International Organizations,Females,Jews,Catholics,Periodicals,Religious Organizations,Professional Education,African American Education,American Indian Education,Parent Associations,School Administration

This Educational Directory for the years 1915-16 contains listings for the following: (1) Officers of the United States Bureau of Education; (2) Principal State school officers; (3) Officers of State boards of education; (4) Executive officers of State library commissions; (5) Superintendents in cities and towns of 2,500 population and over; (6) Associate, assistant, and district superintendents in the larger cities; (7) County superintendents; (8) Township and district superintendents; (9) Officers of boards of trustees of universities and colleges; (10) University and college presidents; (11) Professors of pedagogy and heads of departments of pedagogy in universities and colleges; (12) Presidents and deans of professional schools; (13) Principals of normal and kindergarten training schools; (14) Superintendents of schools for the blind; (15) Superintendents of schools for the deaf; (16) Superintendents for schools for the feeble-minded; (17) Industrial education; (18) Directors of schools of art; (19) Summer school directors; (20) Directors of museums; (21) Librarians of public and society libraries; (22) Directors of library schools; (23) Educational boards and foundations; (24) Church educational boards and societies; (25) Superintendents of Catholic parochial schools; (26) Jewish educational organizations; (27) International associations of education; (28) American educational associations; (29) Learned and civic organizations; (30) State federations of women's clubs; (31) Mothers' congresses; (32) Educational periodicals; and (33) Foreign countries--Chief officer of education. [Best copy available has been provided.]
School Administration in the Smaller Cities. Bulletin, 1915, No. 44
Author: Deffenbaugh, W. S.
Date: 1915-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Enrollment,Educational Administration,School Administration,Boards of Education,School Nurses,Urban Education,Administrator Responsibility,Governance,Questionnaires,Superintendents,Costs,Educational Finance,Principals,Supervisors,Employees,Qualifications,Playgrounds,School Buildings,Evening Programs,Summer Schools,Special Education,School Schedules,Textbooks,Tenure,Salaries,Teachers,Teacher Qualifications,Teacher Promotion,Teacher Salaries,Maintenance,Industrial Education

A request was made to prepare a bulletin setting forth as clearly as possible the duties and responsibilities of school boards of small cities and towns, their methods of work, and such other matters as would be helpful to such boards in the successful performance of their important duties. In response to this request, the study presented in this bulletin is based upon about 1,300 replies received to a questionnaire submitted to superintendents in cities having a population of from 2,500 to 30,000, and upon material collected through visits to a number of schools in these cities. The aim of the study is to present the facts and interpret them in the light of modern thought on the problems of school administration, with special reference to the needs of school-board members. In school enrollment and school expenditure, the smaller cities present rather significant conditions, and these are considered of such importance as to receive a treatment apart from those in the larger cities. Topics covered in this bulletin include: (1) The school board; (2) Officers of the school board; (3) Finance; (4) The superintendent; (5) Principals; (6) Special supervisors; (7) Health inspector and school nurse; and (8) Other employees and officers. Appended to this document are: (1) School building code of New Jersey; and (2) Statistical tables. An index is included. (Contains 13 tables and 31 footnotes.) [Best copy available has been provided.]
The Danish People's High School Including a General Account of the Educational System of Denmark. Bulletin, 1915, No. 45
Author: Hegland, Martin
Date: 1915-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Elementary Secondary Education,Vocational Education,Foreign Countries,Educational Change,Folk Schools,Educational History,Educational Administration,Administrative Organization,Higher Education,Educational Objectives,Teaching Methods,Tables (Data),Statistical Data,Curriculum,Bibliographies

The folk high schools of Denmark and other Scandinavian countries are so unique and contain so much of interest to all who are concerned in the preparation of young men and women for higher and better living and for more efficient citizenship that, although two or three former bulletins of this bureau have been devoted to a description of these schools and their work, the purpose of this bulletin is to give a more comprehensive account of the subject. For the sake of reference, the following facts are noted: (1) Denmark consists of 15,042 square miles, which is very nearly equal to the combined areas of Massachusetts and New Jersey; (2) The population of Denmark is 2,588,919, which is almost identical to the population of New Jersey in 1910; (3) The monetary unit is the &quot;krone,&quot; equal to about 27 cents of American money; and (4) The Danish foot equals 12.35 inches; the Danish mile equals 4 English miles; and the Danish pound equals 1.1 pounds avoirdupois. This bulletin is divided into two parts. Part I, The Educational System of Denmark, reports on: (1) Historical development; (2) Organization and administration of education; (3) Elementary education; (4) Secondary education; and (5) University and vocational education. Part II, The Danish People's High School, covers the following topics: (1) Origin of the people's high schools; (2) Growth of the people's high school; (3) The schools and their life; (4) Aims, curricula, and methods; (5) Influence and results; (6) People's high schools in other countries; and (7) Conclusion. The following are appended: (1) Statistical tables; and (2) Bibliography. An index is also included. Individual sections contain footnotes. (Contains 41 tables.) [Best copy available has been provided.]
Monthly Record of Current Educational Publications. Bulletin, 1915, No. 46
Author: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education (ED)
Date: 1915-11-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Bibliographies,Educational History,Educational Sociology,Curriculum,Kindergarten,Elementary Secondary Education,Teacher Education,Rural Education,Hygiene,Sanitation,Physical Education,Play,Social Development,Professional Recognition,Business Education,Educational Administration,Professional Education,School Administration,Teaching Methods,Religious Education,Vocational Education,Career Guidance,Extension Education,Libraries,Military Training,Deafness,Special Needs Students,Playgrounds,Civics,Agricultural Education,Environmental Education,Periodicals,Higher Education

This bulletin contains a list of some noteworthy educational books which have recently appeared. Following the introductory notes, the publications are organized into the following topics: (1) Publications of associations; (2) Educational history; (3) Current educational conditions; (4) Pedagogies and didactics; (5) Educational psychology: Child study; (6) Special subjects of curriculum; (7) Kindergarten and primary school; (8) Rural education; (9) Secondary education; (10) Teachers: Training and professional status; (11) Higher education; (12) School administration; (13) School management; (14) School hygiene and sanitation; (15) Sex hygiene; (16) Physical training; (17) Play and playgrounds; (18) Social aspects of education; (19) Religious education; (20) Manual and vocational training; (21) Vocational guidance; (22) Agricultural education; (23) Nature study; (24) Commercial education; (25) Professional education; (26) Civic education; (27) Military training; (28) Exceptional children; (29) Education extension; (30) Libraries and reading; (31) Bureau of Education: Recent publications; and (32) Periodicals represented in this number. [Compiled by the Library Division of the Bureau of Education, under the direction of John D. Wolcott, Chief of Division. Best copy available has been provided.]
Digest of State Laws Relating to Public Education in Force January 1, 1915. Bulletin, 1915, No. 47
Author: Hood, William R., Comp.
Date: 1916-00-00
Type: Collected Works - General
Subjects: Agricultural Colleges,School Districts,Constitutional Law,Public Education,Educational Legislation,Federal Legislation,Classification,State Agencies,Educational Administration,Trust Responsibility (Government)

There has been recently an increased interest in educational legislation. The school administrator and the student of educational systems now turn for information and help to legal provisions as they turn to statistics or to the opinions of experienced schoolmen. Accompanied with this new interest in educational legislation have been increased demands upon the Bureau of Education for information regarding school laws. So numerous had requests for such information become, and so much work of a fragmentary nature had been necessary thereby, that is was decided to attempt to bring together in one volume or digest, or summary, of all general laws relating to public education. This bulletin is the result. It contains all laws in force January 1, 1915, relating to publicly supported education, excepting ordinary appropriations, legislation of local application, and special charters, as charters of cities. For the person desiring merely a ready reference work showing what States have legal provisions relating to any particular educational subject, it should meet all requirements; while to the more interested student it will give the main provisions of the law. The various items are classified and presented under an outline which begins with State administrative agencies and proceeds through the entire school system. Three appendixes present: (1) State constitutional provisions relating to public education; (2) Federal legislation affecting agricultural colleges and experiment stations; and (3) Public-school systems in American Territories, districts, and insular possessions. An index is included. Individual sections contain footnotes. [This Digest was compiled with the assistance of Stephen B. Weeks and A. Sidney Ford. Best copy available has been provided.]