Quality and Quantity in American Education : Forty-sixth Annual Schoomen's Week Proceedings

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas. Editor's Preface Contents I. General Diversified Schools for Diversified Communities Existentialism and the Education of Twentieth Century Man II. Comparative Education Comparative Education A French Professor's Remarks on American Education III. Higher Education Responsibilities of Colleges and Universities for Training School Personnel Libraries and Laboratories IV. Administration Recent Court Decisions Affecting School Policies Professional Organizations and the Present Scene in Education V. Teaching Modern Languages Foreign Languages in the Elementary Schools: Possibilities and Dangers The Teaching of Modern Languages in Secondary Schools The Achievement of The German Novelle VI. Vocational Education Changing Skill Patterns of Occupations for which Training is Needed in the Atomic Age Νavy Training Programs Changing Objectives in Metallurgical Education Educational Implications of the Demands of the Technological Economy on Industry Demands of the Technological Economy on Industry and Implications for Education VII. The Exceptional Child The Unmet Needs of High School Students Treatment of Psychological Casualties among Elementary School Children How Much Can We Teach Mentally Deficient Children What Foundation for Democracy? Gifted Pupils in the Elementary School VIII. Secondary Education Television and the English Teacher The English Teacher and Mass Communication The Contribution of Dance in the Education of Children – The Need for Communication and Creative Release for the Individual The Importance of Fostering Creative Expression in the Secondary School Geography in the High School IX. Elementary Education What the Elementary School Teacher Has to Learn from Psychology Controversial Issues in the Teaching of Reading Writing for Young Readers Modern Approach to Handwriting Putting Spice into Spelling Creating Arithmetic Readiness by Use of Exploratory Materials Reinforcing Learning in the Elementary School Subjects Social Studies Skills for Children Development of Self-Discipline in Children Appendix: Schoolmen s Week, 1958 Index