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100 1  Hughes, James Monroe,|d1890-1971.|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/names/n85100272 
245 10 Education in America. 
250    2d ed. 
264  1 New York :|bHarper & Row,|c[1965] 
300    xii, 570 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Bibliography: pages 549-561. 
505 0  Introd. Education and an enlightened citizenry ; Magnitude
       of the educational undertaking ; Education and well-
       informed teachers ; The overview approach ; Selection of 
       material ; Plan of the book -- The teacher in American 
       education. What teachers do. The basic functions of a 
       teacher ; Complex nature of the work of teachers ; 
       Limitations on interpretations of teachers' work ; 
       Classifying teachers' duties ; Allocation of time ; Study 
       of teachers' work ; The qualitative element -- How 
       teachers qualify. Qualifications imposed by society ; 
       Teacher preparation ; Selection of prospective teachers ; 
       Placement of teachers ; Personal qualifications ; 
       Predicting teaching success -- The teacher and his 
       profession. What is a profession ;  How is the teaching 
       profession different ; Teacher recruitment ; The prestige 
       factor ; Security provisions -- The teacher and his 
       philosophy. Differences on an educational issue ; Sources 
       of differences ; What is philosophy ; Sources of a 
       teacher's philosophy -- The teacher and the institution. 
       Schools as institutions ; The teacher as a group member ; 
       Induction of new teachers -- Ideas influential in American
       education. Ideas from European social movements. Two 
       sources of ideas ; The Athenian movement and critical 
       thinking ; The christian movement ; The renaissance : a 
       new method of inquiry -- Ideas from European leaders. 
       Comenius : application of the technique of induction to 
       teaching ; Rousseau : education in accordance with nature 
       ; Pestalozzi : experimenting to discover effective methods
       of teaching ; Froebel : emphasis on social participation 
       and self- activity ; Herbart : education in how to think ;
       Spencer : education as preparation ; Intermingling of 
       ideas -- The frontier heritage. The philosophy of the 
       frontier ; Education on the frontier ; The educational 
       heritage -- Impact of the contemporary social scene. The 
       international picture ; The social picture ; Family life ;
       Population changes ; Contemporary frontiers ; Emerging 
       frontiers -- The American school system. Local aspects of 
       public school organization and administration. Public 
       school districts ; The board of education ; City 
       superintendent of schools ; Abiding traditions -- State 
       public school systems. Legal structure ; The trend toward 
       state standards and state control ; The state educational 
       authority ; State programs of public education -- Federal 
       activity in education. Constitutional provisions for 
       education ; Federal grants to education ; Educational 
       activity at the federal level ; The United States Office 
       of Education ; The United States Commissioner of Education
       ; Judicial controls ; The future -- The nonpublic schools.
       Enrollments ; Basic rights of nonpublic schools ; 
       Regulation of nonpublic schools ; Classification of 
       nonpublic schools -- Units of school organization. The 
       nursery school ; The kindergarten ; The elementary school 
       ; The junior high school ; The senior high school ; The 
       junior college ; The state university ; The educational 
       ladder -- Stimulating and directing growth and 
       development. Understanding pupils. Two aspects of 
       understanding pupils ; Two kinds of information essential 
       ; Research on growth and development ; Inner forces and 
       pupil growth ; Cutural background of pupils ; Learning ; 
       Tests ; Informal methods of gaining an understanding of 
       pupils ; Understanding pupils essential to successful 
       teaching -- Aims in American education. What determines 
       educational aims ; Statements of aims ; Criticisms of aims
       -- Subject matter in America's schools. Evolution of 
       subject matter in the United States ; Selection of subject
       matter ; Classification of knowledge ; Organization of 
       subject matter ; Paths to progress -- Methods of teaching 
       in America's schools. Methods, a deepening concern ; 
       Teaching subject matter -- Instructional aids. 
       Classification ; Library and library materials ; Textbooks
       ; Audiovisual materials ; Programmed learning ; Aids 
       requiring organizational modifications -- Fields of 
       further study. Organization of professional study ; Aims 
       of professional study ; Foundation courses ; Specialized 
       courses ; Student teaching ; Advanced study ; Perspective 
       for the future. 
650  0 Education|zUnited States.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       subjects/sh85041047 
650  0 Teaching|xVocational guidance|zUnited States.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008112625 
650  7 Education.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/902499 
650  7 Teaching|xVocational guidance.|2fast|0https://
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