Like the preceding volumes of the "American Journal of Education," Volume 5 includes portraits from engravings on steel of eminent teachers, educators, and promoters of education, and a large number of wood-cuts, illustrative of recent improvements in the structure, furniture, and arrangements of buildings designed for educational uses.…

The oral histories of the Federal Writers' Project, begun in 1935 as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), contain the personal stories of people who lived during the Great Depression. A brief history of the project is presented and the interviews are discussed. (RM)

"Fifty Years of Children's Books," originally published in 1963, praises the work of educators, publishers, librarians, and authors in the area of children's literature from 1910 to 1960. (JL)

A detailed examination of the events surrounding the 1932 Kidd Report in British Columbia indicates what the controversy revealed about education in British Columbia, the role of school during the depression, social class and school relationships in the province, and finally the role of democracy in the episode. (SB)

Explores how graduates of Cambridge University from 1851-1914 contributed expertise gained during their university years to British society, particularly the public sector in which they occupied many important positions. The term 'Naturals' refers to those who passed final exams in natural sciences and mathematics at Cambridge. (Author/DB)

The author reflects on the "back to basics" movement using examples of what schools were really like in the "good old days" of the 1930s. (Editor/SJL)

Explores the historiography of the social studies curriculum in the United States since the depression as presented by three educators who were most responsible for establishing a widely accepted social studies framework--Henry Johnson, Rolla Tryon, and Edgar Wesley. Topics discussed include characteristics of their view of the development of the…

Personal recollections of the University of Chicago in the early 1930s, particularly of social science professors Frank Knight, Robert Park, Louis Wirth, Talcott Parsons, and Harold Lasswell. (SJL)

Presents some techniques that were used to discipline students in American public schools during the first half of the nineteenth century. (Author/IRT)

Discusses the need for English teachers to have an historical perspective on their profession. (DD)

Contemporary understanding of technology education owes much to Enlightenment-based beliefs in education for citizenship, especially in the work of Condorcet and Dewey. However, another legacy of their work is an uncritical belief in technological advancement as a benchmark for the progress of civilization. (SK)

A review of proposals for the education of librarians in New South Wales from 1938 to the present shows that some attempts had been made to train them as teachers of adults. However, despite the overlapping philosophies of adult education and librarianship, practical cooperation between the fields remains rare. (SK)

Reviews the events leading to the publication of the journal "English Education" in 1963 and the history of the journal from what it was once to what it has become today. (TB)

Examines eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British writing instruction, which consisted of precepts reinforced by practice. Notes that the gradual abandonment of Latin as the language of education and culture, the shift to a literate culture, and the proliferation of books and periodicals altered writing instruction. (SG)

Provides an interpretation of the influence of constructivist thought on mathematics educators starting around 1960 and proceeding up to the present time, including Piaget's cognitive-development psychology, a preconstructivist revolution in research, beginnings of the constructivist revolution, and how this revolution served as a period of…