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An introduction to modern education / edited by Charles E. Skinner and R. Emerson Langfitt.
LIBRA 370.1 Sk341
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education.
- Education--United States.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 2 preliminary leaves, iii-xv, 491 pages : frontispiece (portraits) plates, diagrams ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston ; New York [etc.] : D. C. Heath and company, [1937]
- Contents:
- The school as a social institution, by J. W. Withers.
- The rise of the democratic system of American public education, by T. R. McConnell.
- The evolution of educational aims and method, by T. R. McConnell.
- Understanding the community, by F. W. Cyr.
- The school in the community, by F. W. Cyr.
- General scope of education in the United States, by R. E. Langfitt.
- The forms and functions of American schools, by R. E. Langfitt.
- Control of education, by N. W. Newsom.
- Support of public education, by N. W. Newsom.
- The individual and the educative process, by W. J. Gifford.
- The nature of learning, by W. J. Gifford.
- The teacher and the teaching profession, by C. E. Skinner.
- Teaching procedures and practices, by Clyde Hissong.
- Education and health, by J. W. Charles.
- Evaluating outcomes of instruction, by J. B. Stroud.
- Progress in education, by H. H. Horne.
- The philosophy of education, by H. H. Horne.
- Appendix: Some elementary statistical concepts, by J. B. Stroud.
- Notes:
- The frontispiece has 5 portraits on each side.
- "Selected references" at the end of each chapter.
- OCLC:
- 3124128
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