General education in the American high school
By: by Stephen M. Corey [and others] ... Edited by ... B. Lamar Johnson, chairman [and others] ... a subcommittee of the General Education Committee, Commission on Curricula of Secondary Schools and Institutions of Higher Education on the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Contributors: Johnson, B. Lamar 1904-
Publisher: Scott, Foresman and Company
Published: 1942
Place of publication: Chicago; New York [etc.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Education, Secondary; Education -- United States
Notes: Title on two leaves

Adolescents need experience in the work of their world, by P.B. Jacobson. Evaluation must be continual and flexible; it must evaluate, by R.W. Tyler.--References (p. 309-315)
Table of contents: title: Introduction: General education, what is it and why? By B.L. Johnson.; title: pt. 1. Background and bases: America must have genuinely democratic high schools, by H.C. Hand. From 1890 to 1930 American educators changed the purpose and practice of high schools, by M.H. Willing. Emerging curriculums show new conceptions of secondary education, by G.N. Mackenzie. Scientific study of developing boys and girls has set up guideposts, by R.J. Havighurst, D.A. Prescott and Fritz Redl. For vital learning, students must have materials related to their goals, by S.M. Corey. The issues are three; social, psychological, and educational, by R.J. Havighurst.; title: pt. 2 General education in action: The curriculum is the total life of the school, by Harold Spears. General education works, from Chicago to Moultrie, from Carpinteria to Cleveland, by Samual Everett. High schools in agricultural areas have natural advantages, by G.A. Works. Guidance is becoming an integral part of the program, by F.C. Rosecrance