An introduction to modern education
By: edited by Charles E. Skinner and R. Emerson Langfitt.
Contributors: Langfitt, Roy Emerson, 1894- joint ed.
Publisher: D. C. Heath and company
Published: 1937
Place of publication: Boston; New York [etc.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 491
Subjects: Education; Education -- United States
Notes: The frontispiece has 5 portraits on each side.
Table of contents: title: The school as a social institution, by J. W. Withers.; title: The rise of the democratic system of American public education, by T. R. McConnell.; title: The evolution of educational aims and method, by T. R. McConnell.; title: Understanding the community, by F. W. Cyr.; title: The school in the community, by F. W. Cyr.; title: General scope of education in the United States, by R. E. Langfitt.; title: The forms and functions of American schools, by R. E. Langfitt.; title: Control of education, by N. W. Newsom.; title: Support of public education, by N. W. Newsom.; title: The individual and the educative process, by W. J. Gifford.; title: The nature of learning, by W. J. Gifford.; title: The teacher and the teaching profession, by C. E. Skinner.; title: Teaching procedures and practices, by Clyde Hissong.; title: Education and health, by J. W. Charles.; title: Evaluating outcomes of instruction, by J. B. Stroud.; title: Progress in education, by H. H. Horne.; title: The philosophy of education, by H. H. Horne.; title: Appendix: Some elementary statistical concepts, by J. B. Stroud.