The Graduate Study Of Education - Report Of The Harvard Committee

This report was completed by a special committee of the Harvard Faculty of Education appointed to consider how the graduate study of education should be viewed in the context of a strong independent university. Its focus is on Harvard but its concerns will be relevant elsewhere. Asserting that “education is as broad as all of culture,” the committee interprets the school of education “as the university proper, focused upon the field of education.” Specifically the report treats problems of priorities, program integration, improvement of teaching, and organization of research, and offers wide-ranging recommendations. Included are a history of the Graduate School of Education, a summary of the Faculty’s initial actions, and new doctoral program directions. FOREWORD ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PART I. AIMS AND ORIENTATIONS PART II. GENERAL PROBLEMS AND PROPOSALS PART III. SPECIFIC PROPOSALS CONCLUSION APPENDIXES APPENDIX A. A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE APPENDIX В. FACULTY ACTION ON THE REPORT APPENDIX С. SOME EXAMPLES OF DOCTORAL STUDY APPENDIX D. STATISTICS INDEX