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Social Studies in the Elementary School Program. Bulletin, 1960, No. 5. OE-31000
Author: Hill, Wilhelmina
Date: 1960-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Teaching Methods,School Activities,Social Studies,Curriculum Guides,Elementary Schools,Learning Experience,Outcomes of Education,Course Content,Instructional Materials,Elementary School Teachers,School Districts,Educational Improvement,Publications,Educational Trends,Professional Associations

This bulletin has been prepared to help teachers, supervisors, students of education, and others gain information and understanding about current practices and developing trends in the social studies programs of elementary schools throughout the Nation. Emphasis is given to ways in which social studies adjusts to the challenges of living in an age of aerospace proportions. A major objective of the publication is to help readers discover ways in which schools are developing various aspects of the social studies, as a means of improving or moving forward their own programs. The information concerning social studies programs has been gained: (1) from close contact with many State and local school systems, professional organizations, and colleges and universities; and (2) from significant publications in the field, especially books, bulletins, journals, and social studies curriculum guides. Following a Foreword, the following chapters are included: (1) Improving social studies; (2) The social studies program; (3) Kinds of learning experiences; (4) Content in the social studies; (5) Methods of instruction; (6) Evaluation of outcomes; (7) Materials and resources; and (8) The teacher of social studies. A bibliography is included. (Individual chapters contain footnotes.) [Best copy available has been provided.]
Teacher Education in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg. Bulletin, 1960, No. 4. OE-14016
Author: Male, George A.
Date: 1960-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Foreign Countries,International Education,Teacher Education Programs,Bibliographies,Glossaries,Program Descriptions,Early Childhood Education,Elementary Secondary Education,Preservice Teacher Education,Inservice Teacher Education,Teacher Certification,Teacher Education Curriculum,Teaching (Occupation),Educational Research,Educational Change,Postsecondary Education,Public Education,Private Education,Enrollment,Educational Administration,Vocational Schools

In its ever increasing series of international publications concerning education in other countries around the world, the Office of Education now brings to educators this timely research document describing teacher education in the Benelux Countries. No other single bulletin of this Office has been devoted to these three nations together. The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg--comprising the group--are close neighbors and have many interests in common. It is hoped that this publication will provide much helpful information, especially for those concerned with the many phases of comparative and international education. The bulletin is organized into 3 parts: (1) Teacher education in the Netherlands; (2) Teacher education in Belgium; and (3) Teacher education in Luxembourg. Individual sections contain footnotes and a bibliography. (Contains 29 tables.) [Best copy available has been provided.]
1937-1959 Publications. Bulletin, 1960, No. 3. OE-11001
Author: Parke, Beryl, Comp.
Date: 1960-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational History,Government Publications,Federal Programs,Public Agencies,Vocational Education,Annual Reports,Surveys,Directories,Bibliographies,Pamphlets,Periodicals,Elementary Secondary Education,Adult Education,Postsecondary Education,Higher Education,Educational Research,Educational Policy,Educational Practices,Public Education,Curriculum,International Education

This bulletin is published as a sequel to Bulletin 1937, No. 22, which listed the publications of the Office of Education from 1910 to 1937 and of the former Federal Board of Vocational Education from 1917 to 1933. The publications are organized into the following categories: (1) Annual report; (2) Biennial survey; (3) Bulletin; (4) Circular; (5) Education directory; (6) Good references--bibliography; (7) Leaflet; (8) Miscellaneous; (9) Miscellany bulletin; (10) Pamphlet; (11) Periodicals; (12) Special publication; (13) Special series; (14) Vocational division annual report; (15) Vocational division bulletin; (16) Vocational division leaflet; and (17) Vocational division monograph. An author index, subject index, and title index are included. [Best copy available has been provided.]
Analysis of Research in the Teaching of Science, July 1956-July 1957. Bulletin, 1960, No. 2. OE-29000
Author: Obourn, Ellsworth S.
Date: 1960-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Educational History,Educational Research,Science Education,Science Instruction,Research Projects,Periodicals,Literature Reviews,Questionnaires,Educational Improvement,Science Course Improvement Projects,College Science,Elementary School Science,Secondary School Science,Science Teachers,Teacher Education,Guidelines,Educational Needs,Research Design,Research Methodology,Research Needs,Science Achievement,Science Tests,Bibliographies,Textbooks,Curriculum Development,Educational Testing,Books,Pamphlets,Measurement,Educational Assessment,Teaching Methods,Science Curriculum,Surveys

This publication continues the annual series of bulletins begun in 1950 as a cooperative undertaking between the National Association for Research in Science Teaching and the Office of Education. The present bulletin summarizes and interprets the research in science education from July 1956 to July 1957. The improvement of teaching in science, as in all other subjects, depends to a large degree upon the extent to which the findings of research are translated into action by science consultants and classroom teacher. The purpose of this bulletin is to assemble the research findings in science education in such a form as to be most useful for this and other purposes. A standing committee of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching made a meticulous search of the book, pamphlet, and periodical literature for the period July 1956 to July 1957. The issues of more than 50 magazines which have carried published research in science education were reviewed. Frequent use was also made of other sources, such as the Education Index. In addition, the committee members reviewed abstracts of unpublished studies in science education which are obtained annually by the Office of Education. Inquiry blanks for these unpublished studies were mailed to over 900 institutions and individuals who have knowledge of current research work in the field of science education. From these two sources the master list of research studies was made, and the studies reported in this bulletin were selected from this master list by applying a set of criteria which the National Association for Research in Science Teaching has established for the evaluation of research in science teaching. This bulletin is divided into three sections: (1) An Examination of the Research (elementary level, secondary level, and college level); (2) Interpretations and Recommendations (elementary level, secondary level, college level, general considerations, recommendations); and (3) Bibliographies (elementary level, secondary level, and college level). (Contains 5 footnotes.) [Best copy available has been provided.]
Statutory Basis for Administrative and Specialized Service Staffing in Local School Districts. Bulletin, 1960, No. 1. OE-23000
Author: Roesch, Winston L.
Date: 1960-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Educational History,State Regulation,State Policy,State Legislation,School Districts,School Personnel,Personnel Policy,Administrative Policy,Administrators,School Administration,Pupil Personnel Services,School Supervision,School Health Services,Supervisors,Librarians,School Libraries,State Aid,State School District Relationship,Pupil Personnel Workers,Educational Legislation,Elementary Secondary Education,Early Childhood Education,Rural Schools,Urban Schools

This bulletin deals with the establishment of selected administrative and specialized service positions primarily from the standpoint of State statutes. The investigation is centered on an analysis of State constitutional and statutory provisions that authorize selected administrative and specialized service positions. Administrative and specialized service positions in four areas: general administration, instructional supervision, pupil personnel, and school health comprise the group whose statutory existence is described. An analysis of statutory provisions that States have enacted to directly support these positions by financial means forms the second major area of the study. Four of the five chapters are concerned with the provisions that pertain to the establishment of the selected positions. The first chapter is an analysis of State legislation on general administrative positions. The second chapter discusses the statutory provisions for instructional supervisors and librarians. In the third chapter, provisions on pupil personnel positions are analyzed, and in the fourth chapter, those statutes that establish school health positions are discussed. The fifth chapter presents a discussion of provisions of statutes that relate to specific State aid supporting selected administrative and specialized service positions. The basic information comprising the source material for the chapters is given in the Appendix, which presents a State by State summary of statutory provisions and a few constitutional provisions as of July 1, 1958. Each State summary is organized so as to relate to the State's general classification of school districts and notes are included to clarify provisions of the statutes on staffing. Individual sections contain footnotes. (Contains 15 tables.) [Best copy available has been provided.]
Preparation of Mentally Retarded Youth for Gainful Employment: A Study Sponsored Jointly by the U.S. Office of Education, the U.S. Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, and the Project on Technical Planning of the American Association on Mental Deficiency. Bulletin, 1959, No. 28
Author: US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education (ED)
Date: 1959-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Vocational Rehabilitation,Employment Qualifications,Job Skills,Public Schools,Mental Retardation,School Responsibility,Job Placement,Conferences (Gatherings),Curriculum,Counseling,Work Experience,Employment Opportunities,Vocational Education

Public schools are finding that an educational program which serves as effective preparation for, and as an adequate transition to employment, may involve activities which have often been considered to be beyond the usual scope of school responsibility. Communities are finding that the task of preparing the mentally retarded for community living and employment provides a unique potential for the development of a program of cooperative action among public school, vocational rehabilitation, and other community agencies. It was for these reasons that the present study was planned. This report is arbitrarily restricted to those feature of the total educational program directed toward preparation of the retarded for employment. It is further limited to a discussion of programs for those mentally retarded adolescents, sometimes called the educables, whose behavioral and physical abilities are sufficient to indicate a potential for ultimate successful adjustment in competitive employment. This report does not set forth a rigid pattern for the organization of services for preparing the mentally retarded for employment. It covers some general principles to be considered and problems which must be resolved in developing a program. It is concerned, too, with some of the practical attempts which have been made to achieve successful results. Section I of this publication includes a general presentation from the public school point of view by Mr. W. Kuhn Barnett, a general presentation from the rehabilitation point of view by Dr. Salvatore DiMichael, and the summary of the conference by Dr. Herbert Goldstein and Dr. Rick Heber. Section II contains summary descriptions of several actual programs now in operation: (1) Baltimore, Maryland (Harold M. Williams); (2) Cincinnati, Ohio (Norman J. Niesen and Eunice B. Dooley); (3) Detroit, Michigan (Paul Voelker); (4) Jacksonville, Florida (Glenn Calmes and Mary McEver); (5) Lansing, Michigan (Marvin Beekman); (6) New York City, New York (Katherine Lynch); (7) Santa Barbara, California (Leonard Rogers and Thomas J. Murphy); (8) Sidney, Nebraska (Delwyn Lindholm). (Contains 12 footnotes.) [Best copy available has been provided.]
College and University Faculties: Recent Personnel and Instructional Practices. Bulletin, 1959, No. 27
Author: Lindquist, Clarence B.
Date: 1959-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Higher Education,Teaching Methods,Teacher Recruitment,College Faculty,Conferences (Gatherings),Educational Practices,Questionnaires,Teacher Attitudes

The study which forms the basis of this bulletin is an outgrowth of a conference held by the Office of Education in Washington, D.C., May 20 and 21, 1957. It reports the findings of a survey made to determine the extent to which certain practices relating to faculty or instructional techniques are being followed in institutions of higher education and, more especially the extent to which they are being employed because of faculty shortages. Chapters address: (1) The problem: faculty shortage; (2) Institutional use of specified practices; (3) Comments and observations by the respondents; and (4) Summary. It is hoped that, by throwing additional light on current practices, the findings of this report will contribute to a better understanding of the present status of higher education in our country and the implications for the future. The information presented should be of interest to educators generally and others concerned with higher education. Appended is the questionnaire used in the survey. (Contains 16 footnotes and 11 tables.) [Best copy available has been provided.]
Massachusetts Primer on Special Education and Charter Schools. Section III: Information for Charter School Operators
Author: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Date: 2009-02-00
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Disabilities,Charter Schools,Special Education,Program Implementation,Accessibility (for Disabled),Educational Planning,Strategic Planning,Feasibility Studies,Delivery Systems,Student Recruitment,Enrollment,Professional Development,Student Needs,Individualized Education Programs,Financial Support,Educational Facilities,Transportation,Parent Participation,Accountability,Progress Monitoring,Educational Resources,Information Sources,Educational Policy

This paper presents the third part of the &quot;Massachusetts Primer on Special Education and Charter Schools.&quot; Part III addresses the issues concerning the education of students with disabilities at all stages in the development and operation of a Massachusetts charter school. The information is intended to inform those who are responsible for the design, development, and operation of a charter school. The information is focused on specific aspects of implementing a special education program during the pre-authorization, start-up, and operating phases of the school. (Contains 27 resources.) [This document has been developed with the assistance of the TA Customizer Project. For other sections, see Section I (ED543919) and Section II (ED543920).]
Publications of the Office of Education, 1959. Bulletin, 1959, No. 25. OE-11000
Author: Parke, Beryl
Date: 1959-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational History,Government Publications,Annotated Bibliographies,Periodicals,Annual Reports,Directories,Statistical Studies,Guides,Educational Administration,Educational Facilities,Educational Finance,Elementary Education,Special Needs Students,Special Education,Secondary Education,Higher Education,Adult Education,Early Childhood Education,International Education,Audiovisual Instruction,Citizenship Education,School Guidance,Second Languages,Libraries,Mathematics Education,Science Education,Health Education,Physical Education,Vocational Education,Distributive Education,Home Economics,Agricultural Education,Land Grant Universities,Teacher Education,Rural Schools,Urban Schools

This bulletin contains a classified and annotated list of publications issued by the U.S. Office of Education through April 1959 in the following subject areas: (1) general publications--periodicals, annual reports and directories, statistical studies, and handbooks; (2) administration--State, local, buildings and facilities, and finance; (3) elementary education; (4) exceptional children and youth; (5) secondary education; (6) higher education; (7) adult education; (8) international; (9) specialized interests--audiovisual education, citizenship, guidance, languages, libraries, and mathematics and science, as well as health, physical education, and recreation; and (10) vocational education--agriculture, distributive education, home economics and nutrition, and trade and industry. [This bulletin was prepared under the direction of Melvin L. Hayes. Best copy available has been provided.]
Teachers of Children Who Are Hard of Hearing: A Report Based on the Findings from the Study, "Qualification and Preparation of Teachers of Exceptional Children." Bulletin, 1959, No. 24
Author: Mackie, Romaine P
Date: 1959-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Teacher Qualifications,Student Teaching,Teaching Experience,Hearing Impairments,Itinerant Teachers,Deafness,Teacher Competencies,Self Evaluation (Individuals),Teacher Education

This publication is one of a series reporting on the nationwide study, "Qualification and Preparation of Teachers of Exceptional Children," which has been one of the major continuing projects of the Office of Education. This publication reports that part of the information from the broad study which has bearing on the qualification and preparation of teachers of children who are hard of hearing. The findings represent the opinions of many leaders in this field. Document contents include: (1) Introduction; (2) Competencies Needed by Teachers of Children Who Are Hard of Hearing (The Committee Report; Teachers' Ratings of Competencies; Teachers' Evaluation of Competencies; Comparison of Competencies as Rated by Itinerant Teachers and Classroom Teachers; Teachers' Self-Ratings of Proficiency; A Comparison of the Committee Report and The Teachers' Evaluations); (3) Education and Experience (Teachers' Evaluations of Specialized Preparatory Experiences; Student Teaching with Hard of Hearing Children; Teaching Experience with Normal Children; Professional Preparation for Teacher Candidates); and (4) Summary and Implications. Appendices provide: (1) a description of the Office of Education study, "Qualification and Preparation of Teachers of Exceptional Children"; (2) information about the 100 participating teachers of children who are hard of hearing; (3) statistical procedures and results; and (4) excerpts from inquiry forms. (Contains 9 footnotes, 6 tables, and 1 graph.) [This bulletin was prepared in collaboration with Frances W. Doyle, Vivian S. Lynndelle, Eleanor C. Ronnei, Alice Streng, and Betty C. Wright. Best copy available has been provided.]
Supervision of Health and Physical Education as a Function of State Departments of Education. Bulletin, 1940, No. 6. Monograph No. 14
Author: Rogers, James Frederick
Date: 1941-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Physical Education,School Administration,Supervision,State Departments of Education,State Schools,Health Education,Educational History,Educational Practices

Because of the individual authority of each State for its own educational program, practices and policies differ widely among them in many respects. Yet in the midst of differences there are also common elements of development. The U. S. Office of Education, in presenting this series of monographs, has attempted to point out those common elements, to analyze the differences, and to present significant factors in State educational structure. In so doing, it accedes to the requests of a large number of correspondents who are students of State school administration and who have experienced the need for the type of material offered in this series. The material included in the present monograph deals with developments of State educational administration and supervision in the various phases of health work and physical education. Interest in such fields began a century ago but it has been stimulated to activity under special personnel within the past 25 years. In this study, the history of such supervision is traced, its statutory background is sketched, and details concerning the methods now in use are described. (Contains 12 footnotes.) [Best copy available has been provided.]
Supervision of Parent Education as a Function of State Departments of Education. Bulletin, 1940, No. 6. Monograph No. 13
Author: Lombard, Ellen C.
Date: 1942-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: School Administration,Public Education,Parent Education,State Departments of Education,State Programs,Educational Administration,Administrator Role,Costs,Adult Education

Because of the individual authority of each State for its own educational program, practices and policies differ widely among them in many respects. Yet in the midst of differences there are also common elements of development. The U. S. Office of Education, in presenting this series of monographs, has attempted to point out those common elements, to analyze the differences, and to present significant factors in State educational structure. In so doing, it accedes to the requests of a large number of correspondents who are students of State school administration and who have experienced the need for the type of material offered in this series. This monograph consists of a review of the various programs in parent education which have functioned in State departments of public education up to and including 1939. The material covers discussions of background, organization, administration, personnel, costs, services to study groups in local communities, and cooperative relations by which the parent education work throughout each State can be made more effective. (Contains 12 footnotes.) [Best copy available has been provided.]