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Robinson, Mabel Louise – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1918
The modern college for women, evolving by rapid growth from recent simple beginnings to its present highly complex state, is unquestionably still in the process of development. A glance over the changes already accomplished brings conviction that the present situation is but a stage in the life history of a virile institution. That present…
Descriptors: Females, Educational History, Womens Education, College Curriculum
Monroe, Walter Scott – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1917
The arithmetic with which the American schoolboy of the twentieth century wrestles differs in many respects from the "cyphering" which was truly a stumbling block to many a child in colonial days. Not only have there been significant changes in the subject matter of arithmetic, but also in the aim of instruction, in the place of…
Descriptors: Educational History, Arithmetic, Curriculum Development, Mathematics Instruction
Park, Joseph C.; Harlan, Charles L. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1916
The confused and chaotic condition which characterizes vocational and industrial education at the present time is evidence of the fact that certain far-reaching and fundamental adjustments are going on in the educational world. These adjustments involve, on the one hand, the school in all of its aspects and at all of its stages, and, on the other…
Descriptors: Educational History, Urban Schools, Home Economics Education, Vocational Education
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
The kindergarten propaganda work that has been conducted by the Bureau of Education and the National Kindergarten Association in cooperation during the past six years has brought about a more widespread interest in the subject of the educational value of the early years of childhood. This has been manifested not only by an increase in the number…
Descriptors: Educational History, Mothers, Educational Policy, Kindergarten
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1926
The subject of objectives in character education was discussed in a report of progress to the National Education Association, July, 1924. While this topic is not treated separately in this report, the general point of view of the 1924 report is maintained in Chapter 1, The Processes of Character Education, and is restated briefly and discussed at…
Descriptors: Educational History, Values Education, Ethical Instruction, Moral Values
Windes, Eustace E. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1927
This bibliography of 287 studies was completed during the period September 1925--March 1927. The sources of information used in the compilation of this bibliography were reports from schools of education, State departments of education, educational organizations and foundations, and publications received by the United States Bureau of Education.…
Descriptors: Educational History, Annotated Bibliographies, Research Reports, Fine Arts