The paper presents a historical overview which begins in the year 1785, takes George Peabody through his life activities, and ends with Peabody College's becoming part of Vanderbilt University. The paper looks at a multifaceted history covering 217 years of 6 consecutive charter-connected educational institutions in Nashville, Tennessee, that…

This author and subject index covers National Teachers' Association proceedings volumes from 1857 to 1870, as well as National Educational Association proceedings volumes from 1871 to 1897.

This analytical index covers the 31 volumes of Barnard's "American Journal of Education," from 1855 to 1881. This work of Dr. Henry Barnard, the first United States Commissioner of Education, contains thirty-one volumes of some eight hundred pages each. In its publication Dr. Barnard used the best years of his life and all of his private…

This document contains volume 4 of the "American Journal of Education" "National Series." This compilation of issues 9-12 of volume 4 provides details on the state of public instruction in over 20 countries and areas in 1870. Among the areas covered are: Turkey, Switzerland, Italy, France, Prussia, Belgium, Denmark, Russia,…

Discusses the history of the educational voucher concept and describes three voucher models: the Jencks "regulated compensatory" model, the Friedman "unregulated market" model, and the Coons "Family Power Equalizing" model (more recently called the "Quality Choice" model). (JOW)

Briefly reviews the history of the philosophy of education, from the Sophists to John Dewey, in order to explain the development of experiential education and some of its philosophical assumptions. Explains why experiential education is epistemologically sound. (SB)

Examines the musical contributions of Moravian immigrants to early America, emphasizing that they were unique in their time for considering music a fundamental part of education at all levels. (SJL)

Provides a brief biography of Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, nineteenth century New England progressive educator. Describes her teaching methods, which emphasized developing analytic thinking, maintaining childrens' self-respect, and crediting childrens' innate abilities. (DHP)

Discusses the four textbooks, written in the last quarter of the 19th century, that shaped nursing in the United States. They provided technical information in a systematic fashion, established an autonomous literature that guided nurses in school and beyond, and defined the training school curriculum. (JOW)

In the 19th century, ministers would teach reading to prisoners on Sunday evenings, so-called sabbath schools. Expansion of these efforts into other subjects led to correctional education. Inadequate resources and facilities and resistance from administrators and prisoners parallel the struggles of today's correctional educators. (SK)

Proposes a digression to recover the images that the 19th century left to the history of education concerning the work of Tomas Antonio Gonzaga. (PA)

A wide variety of kindergarten teacher training programs existed in America during the 50-year period between 1920 and 1970 after Froebel's system was introduced. The most significant reasons for this variety were the sources of knowledge about the system, the ability of its advocates to read idiomatic German, and the basic personality…

This textbook is designed primarily to follow the third book of the author's series of textbooks of secondary mathematics. Therefore, it presupposes the essentials of high-school algebra, plane and solid geometry, and trigonometry. It aims to combine the work which is commonly covered in separate courses in college algebra and in analytical…

This article traces the career of Harry Kirke Wolfe, Nebraska educator and one of the earliest U.S. psychologists to earn a doctorate in psychology from Wilhelm Wundt at Leipzig. Emphasis is placed on Wolfe's blending of psychology and pedagogy, and his qualities as a teacher. (Author/JDH)

The New Harmony, Indiana, utopian society is described as the location of the first publicly supported vocational education program. Starting in 1826, vocational education in 20 occupations was provided for students. The author discusses Pestalozzian influences on the program and implications for contemporary vocational education. (Author/CH)