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Works, George A. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1923
Data are not available that will give more than a partial idea of the extent to which work in agriculture is a part of the program of secondary education in this country. The 1922 report of the Federal Board for Vocational Education contains the most complete information available regarding instruction in vocational agriculture. Vocational…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Agricultural Education, Vocational Education, Agriculture
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Atkin, J. Myron; House, Ernest R. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1981
The history of the federal government's involvement in elementary and secondary school curriculum development is traced. An attempt is made to place this involvement within a social and political perspective. Effects of policies and programs are outlined, and questions concerning the federal role in curriculum development are explored. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government
Duggan, Donald D. – 1983
The federal government's role in energy education in the United States over the past 35 years is discussed, focusing on four major areas: (1) training at all academic levels; (2) instructional materials and their development; (3) conceptual foundations of energy education materials; and (4) research and evaluation studies on the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Curriculum Development, Energy Conservation, Engineering Education
Gardner, Marjorie H. – 1977
Beginning with the decade of the 50's, continuing through the 60's and midway into the 70's, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Office of Education, and, most recently, the National Institute of Education have become involved in curriculum development on a national basis. The climate of the 1950's and early 60's witnessed the upgrading and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Educational History, Educational Trends
Donlan, Dan – 1978
Project English--a federally-funded research and development project in English education--existed from 1961 to 1968. Conceived in a frantic era of educational reform, Project English was designed to focus on research. Following an initial planning conference, the first curriculum study centers were funded, and areas of research were suggested.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Study Centers, Demonstration Centers, Educational History
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Freiberg, H. Jerome – Journal of Education for Teaching, 1981
The history and contributions of the Teacher Corps is traced from its inception in 1965 to the present. Teacher Corps projects throughout the country were responsible for developing such educational innovations as team teaching, individualized instruction, and multicultural education, and for providing quality education to the urban poor. (JN)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Zigler, Edward, Ed.; Valentine, Jeanette, Ed. – 1979
This book aims to provide a comprehensive history and analysis of the operation and evolution of Project Head Start. The volume consists of 23 original articles covering program history, the preschool education and developmental components of Head Start, and Head Start program development and evaluation. In Part One, the historical roots of Head…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Career Development, Curriculum Development, Developmental Programs
Kelly, Gail P.; Seller, Maxine S. – 1985
In 1984, the New York State Regents issued an action plan calling for changes in curriculum, high school graduation requirements, and educational standards. Histories of school reform indicate, however, that state legislation alone cannot successfully or permanently improve educational practice. This essay therefore surveys the history of federal…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Economics, Educational History
Thompson, Frank V. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
The influence of industrial vocational education is having its effect upon practices and methods of commercial education. The practice of industrial education of analyzing a curriculum of subjects containing values of vocational work, related vocational, and non-vocational subjects is causing the examination of commercial education with a view to…
Descriptors: Business Education, Secondary Education, School Surveys, Industrial Education
Ely, Donald P. – 1998
This document is a historical account of the first 50 years (1959-98) of the Syracuse University (New York) School of Education's Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation (IDD&E) program. Ten chapters cover the following topics: (1) a capsule history, including a brief review of program leaders and a decade-by-decade review of program…
Descriptors: Chronicles, Curriculum Development, Doctoral Programs, Educational Cooperation
Jessen, Carl A. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1931
Among the many factors in the recent development of secondary schools in the United States the following appear to be of special significance and for that reason have been selected for treatment in this article: (1) The numbers of schools and pupils; (2) the reorganization movement which presents the junior high school as its outstanding…
Descriptors: Educational History, Secondary Education, Junior High Schools, High Schools
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
Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1929
This bulletin provides an annotated, classified bibliography of books, articles from periodicals, reports, surveys, proceedings of associations, and investigations and research into present educational conditions received by the library of the Office of Education during the first six months of 1929, January to June, inclusive. An index will be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Rural Education, Individual Differences
Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1930
This document contains a classified and annotated list of current educational publications received by the library of the Office of Education for the period of July to September, 1929, inclusive. Books, pamphlets, and periodicals mentioned may ordinarily be obtained from their respective publishers either directly or through a dealer, or in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Annotated Bibliographies, Individual Differences, Preschool Education
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1926
From time to time a classified and annotated record is issued, in bulletin form, of current educational publications received by the library of the Bureau of Education to a certain specified date. The present list continues the record to July 1, 1926, immediately following Bulletin, 1926, no. 15, which comprised publications received by the Bureau…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Annotated Bibliographies, Educational History, Individual Differences
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