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Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1923
Of the educational work of the Young Women's Christian Associations only a part is done in the educational departments. The whole association is an educational project. For specific pieces of education, it organizes educational committees and departments in those associations that are large enough, and classes in those that do not maintain…
Descriptors: Committees, Organizations (Groups), Educational Methods, Educational Objectives
Schmitt, Marshall L.; Pelley, Albert L. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1962
This bulletin updates the original annotated bibliography, published in 1958, entitled "State Curriculum Guides for Industrial Arts," and represent current State instruction material for industrial arts. Only guides bearing a publishing date from 1951-61 are included, as identified by State supervisors of industrial arts, consultants, or persons…
Descriptors: Educational History, Annotated Bibliographies, Industrial Arts, State Curriculum Guides
Fox, Florence C. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1932
The Department of Commerce in its highway safety conference made this pronouncement: "The problem of safety is closely linked with health, thrift, and many other elements which taken together make up the great problem of developing a finer citizenship. Educational leaders of the country are now endeavoring to weld together the essential elements…
Descriptors: Educational History, Curriculum Development, Safety Education, Traffic Safety
Leary, Bernice E. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1938
This study is sixth in a series of surveys of courses of study reported at intervals during the past 15 years by the Office of Education. In the main, the earlier publications consisted of lists of courses filed in the library for the use of curriculum makers and research workers in education. The present study is concerned with an analysis of the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Guides, Curriculum Research
Beauchamp, Wilbur L. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1932
This investigation of the teaching of science in secondary schools is based upon the analysis of 58 courses in general science, 45 courses in biology, 27 courses in physics, and 30 courses in chemistry. The courses were obtained from schools in response to a request from the Office of Education for courses which had been revised since 1925. Some…
Descriptors: Educational History, National Surveys, School Statistics, Secondary Education
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Brown, Kenneth E. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1954
The purpose of this study is to help persons who are faced with the task of improving or developing curriculum materials in mathematics and also those persons who frequently rethink the objectives for the teaching of mathematics. In this study 135 courses of study or curriculum guides in mathematics are analyzed and a comparison is made with a…
Descriptors: Educational History, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
Eddy, Helen M. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1933
The handling of this survey was intrusted to Dr. Leonard V. Koos, of the University of Chicago. With great skill he has, working on a full-time basis during his free quarters from the University of Chicago and part time during other quarters, brought it to a conclusion. This manuscript was prepared by Helen M. Eddy, associate professor of romance…
Descriptors: Educational History, Course Content, Curriculum Guides, Questionnaires
Pierce, Anne E.; Hilpert, Robert S. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1933
This is a study in the two fields of the fine arts which have largely found their way into the curriculum of the secondary schools during the past 30 years. Anne E. Pierce, associate in music at the University of Iowa, made the study of music. Robert S. Elbert, assistant professor of art education, University of Minnesota, made the study of art…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, National Surveys, School Statistics
Lide, Edwin S. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1933
This manuscript on mathematics was prepared by Dr. Edwin S. Lide, one of the full-time workers on the Survey. It gives attention to courses of study mostly in mimeographed form which he succeeded in obtaining and to personal visitations which he made to the various schools. It covers the work in the junior high school and in the senior high…
Descriptors: Educational History, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, Influences
Whitcomb, Emeline S. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1926
Home economics education during the past biennium has made notable progress in a number of directions. These directions include, among others, a clarification of the contributions of home economics to general education, to health education, to child care and welfare, and a reorganization of the curriculum, based on scientific evidence. This latter…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Home Economics Education, Occupational Home Economics
Bodenman, Paul S. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1959
The Office of Education frequently receives requests for information regarding the educational developments in the Soviet Zone of Germany. This bulletin is issued by the Office of Education as another in its longstanding series of international education publications. Unlike most bulletins in this series that are based on firsthand interviews and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, School Administration, Technical Education, Educational Facilities