What Shall the Public Schools Do for the Feeble-Minded? : A Plan for Special-School Training Under Public School Auspices / Guy Pratt Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, Guy Pratt, author.

Series:

Harvard Studies in Education

Harvard Studies in Education ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children with mental disabilities--Education.

Harvard University. Graduate School of Education. -- Publication Committee.

Local Subjects:

Children with mental disabilities--Education.

Harvard University. Graduate School of Education. -- Publication Committee.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "What Shall the Public Schools Do for the Feeble-Minded?".

Contents:

Frontmatter

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

PREFACE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. THE NEED FOR SPECIAL-SCHOOL TRAINING IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

A. SPECIAL-TRAINING FACILITIES FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED CHILD IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

B. THE CRITERION FOR MENTAL SUBNORMALITY AND SOME RELATED PROBLEMS

C. THE PURPOSE AND NATURE OF THIS INVESTIGATION

CHAPTER II. SPECIAL-SCHOOL OBJECTIVES

A. SOME OBJECTIVES FOR SPECIAL-SCHOOL TRAINING IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM

B . CONDITIONS ON WHICH THE EFFICIENCY OF INSTRUCTION FOR THE MENTALLY DEFICIENT DEPENDS

CHAPTER III. AN ANALYSIS OF T H E INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM FOR MENTAL DEFECTIVES

A. SENSE TRAINING

B. MANUAL TRAINING

C. PHYSICAL TRAINING

D. OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING

CHAPTER IV. AN ANALYSIS OF THEINSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM FOR MENTAL DEFECTIVES (Continued)

E. ACADEMIC TRAINING

F. Summary and Conclusions of Chapters III and IV

CHAPTER V. THE OBJECT LESSON

A. THE NATURE OF THE OBJECT LESSON

B. THE TEACHING OF THE OBJECT LESSON

C. THE OBJECT-LESSON PROGRAM

D. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

CHAPTER VI. THE RESULTS OF THE SALVAGING PROCESS

A. THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSSIBILITIES OF THE FEEBLE-MINDED

B. AFTER-CARE OF DISCHARGED PATIENTS

C. ANALYSIS OF REPORT ON SUPERVISION OF TRAINED MALE DEFECTIVES

D. A STUDY OF THE SOCIAL, OCCUPATIONAL, AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF THE FEEBLE-MINDED

CHAPTER VII. THE TRAINING PROGRAM OF THE SPECIAL-SCHOOL TEACHER

A. QUALIFICATIONS OF THE SPECIAL-SCHOOL TEACHER

B. THE MAJOR SUBJECTS IN THE TRAINING PROGRAM o r THE SPECIAL-SCHOOL TEACHER

C. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

CHAPTER VIII. A PROPOSED STATE PROGRAM FOR THE TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION OF MENTAL DEFECTIVES

A. THE MENTAL DEFECTIVE AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL

B. PROPOSED PROGRAM FOR THE SALVAGING OF THE MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILD

C. THE EARLY RECOGNITION OF EVERY FEEBLE-MINDED CHILD IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

D. THE ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF SPECIAL SCHOOLS AS INTEGRAL PARTS o r THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM

E. SUMMARY AND GENERAL CONCLUSION

APPENDICES

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

0-674-59905-5

OCLC:

652248462