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Download full textHatch, J. Amos; Freeman, Evelyn B. – 1987
Ethnographic interviews with 36 teachers, principals, and supervisors of kindergarten programs in 12 Ohio school districts were conducted for the purpose of investigating the philosophies and practices of kindergarten programs in Ohio public schools. Broad research questions which formed the structure of the interviews focused on (1) informants'…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Ethnography
Peer reviewedHatch, J. Amos; Freeman, Evelyn B. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1988
Reports findings from an ethnographic interview study which examined kindergarten philosophies and practices from the perspectives of teachers, principals, and supervisors. Analyses indicate that kindergartens are increasingly academic and skill oriented, and individuals implementing kindergarten programs may not believe that their kindergartens…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Administrator Attitudes, Conflict of Interest, Educational Philosophy
Cook, Katherine M. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1922
Supervision as understood in well-organized city systems has little resemblance to the annual visitation of schools as practiced by many county or other rural superintendents. The majority of these officers are fully conscious of the limitations imposed upon them by the conditions under which they work and they are active in their efforts to…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Educational Administration, Superintendents, Counties
