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PDF pending restorationWright, Grace S. – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1950
Educators of youth have always been concerned with the organization of the content of instruction. When the prime purpose of secondary education was preparation for college, higher education institutions very largely determined the content, form, and standard of instruction of the preparatory schools. As the numbers of youth seeking a high-school…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Secondary School Curriculum, School Activities, Curriculum Development
PDF pending restorationSchneider, Elsa; McNeely, Simon A. – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1951
"The school, as one of the significant agencies of the community, accepts its responsibilities for contributing to individual to individual, family, and community health. ...Classroom teachers in their daily contacts with boys and girls are the key persons in the school health program." These two sentences point up the theme of this bulletin. Four…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Health Programs, Public Health, Elementary Education
Download full textMackintosh, Helen K. – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1947
In the field of camping and outdoor education, it is essential that public schools be prepared to meet the needs and the demands of the next few years for this important service and take advantage of the almost unlimited possibilities for vitalizing the school curriculum. A few schools have recognized the possibilities of camping and outdoor…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Outdoor Education, School Activities, Recreational Activities
Blackwood, Paul E. – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1951
This bulletin is one of a series on the place of subjects in the elementary school curriculum. The first of the series showed how subject matter is introduced into the program in a modern school. The other bulletins in the series discuss how various skills, such as reading, creating in art, and writing are developed in the modern school program.…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary School Students, Cognitive Development, Thinking Skills
Viles, N. E. – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1951
School fires endanger pupils' lives and take annually a heavy toll in school property losses. If not controlled, these potentials may be changed quickly into serious losses. School officials, teachers, parents, and the public have an interest in school fire safety. Because of other interests and a lack of assigned responsibility in this area fire…
Descriptors: Educational History, Fire Protection, School Safety, School Administration
McNeely, Simon A.; Schneider, Elsa – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1950
The elementary school years are crucial in the life of a boy or girl. In this formative period, children's experiences profoundly affect their physical, social, mental, and emotional growth. Today's schools are challenged to provide meaningful experiences that will help these children realize their full potential. Physical education is one of the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary School Students, Physical Education, Physical Activities
Bathurst, Effie, G.; Blough, Glenn O. – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1952
"Schools at Work in 48 States" is a record of a cooperative study made over a period of two and a half years by nine staff members of the elementary school section of the Office of Education, with the advice and help of their co-workers. Such a study requires that the group of persons working together arrive at some commonly accepted…
Descriptors: School Activities, Elementary Schools, Inservice Teacher Education, Workshops
