
ERIC Number: ED543540
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1951
Pages: 27
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
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Culloden Improves its Curriculum. Bulletin, 1951, No. 2
Richmond, Lucille McGraw; Bathurst, Effie G.
Office of Education, Federal Security Agency
This bulletin tells how the boys and girls and staff of the elementary school at Culloden, West Virginia, recently took a critical look at their school program and decided that they ought to do something toward having more useful, interesting, and meaningful learning experiences. Accordingly, they began to develop a curriculum which was different in many ways from the one that had filled their days in previous years. The project was carried out under the leadership of the general supervisor, Lucille McGraw Richmond, as a research enterprise to study the value of supervision in improving a small school. This bulletin reports the procedures of the school staff in developing a better school program, and its purpose is to make available to other teachers and supervisors the ideas found helpful by Culloden's staff and pupils. Some of the conclusions drawn from this project include: (1) A supervisory program like the one employed can be effective; (2) Supervisory assistance should be given in such a way as to help teachers learn to discover and solve problems without depending entirely on the supervisor; (3) An effective supervisory program is one planned to bring about changes in instruction to meet the needs of the pupils; (4) It is desirable to view school problems as community-wide in their scope rather than as confined within the four walls of the schoolhouse; and (5) The participation of the adults is helpful in meeting adequately the needs of the boys and girls. [Best copy available has been provided.]
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Schools, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Curriculum, Curriculum Implementation, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Supervisors, Small Schools, School Supervision, Educational Improvement, Barriers, Instructional Leadership, County School Districts, School Administration, Supervisory Methods, School Community Relationship, Administrator Role, Program Effectiveness, Educational Strategies, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Student Needs, Teacher Researchers, Community Surveys, Rural Schools, Community Involvement, Student Participation, Relevance (Education), School Culture, Health Promotion, Learner Engagement, Reading Programs, Health Programs, Hygiene, Health Education, Improvement Programs, Sanitation, School Maintenance
Office of Education, Federal Security Agency.
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Federal Security Agency, Office of Education (ED)
Identifiers - Location: West Virginia
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