Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Editor's Preface 5
3. Contents 7
4. I. Teaching in America
5. Our Schools Face the World Today 11
6. In Search of Teachers 17
7. II. Elementary Education
8. A Child' s-Eye View of the Teacher 31
9. How Effectively Are We Teaching the Fundamentals? 33
10. Moral and Ethical Values in the Education of Children 40
11. Individualized Reading 50
12. Summary of Reading in the Content Fields 53
13. Educational Problems and Their Solutions in a Special Center for Retarded Children 59
14. The Physical Education Teacher s Responsibility for the Retarded Child 66
15. Planning for Children in a Half-Day Session 70
16. III. Secondary Education
17. Can the Secondary Schools Meet the Needs of Industry? 81
18. The Significance of Believing— For Counselors 89
19. Shakespeare in the Senior High School 99
20. A Geographic Reconnaissance of Greenlana ( With Particular Emphasis on its Bilingual School System) 111
21. Some German Contributions to Western Literature 122
22. Creative Dramatics 137
23. Developing an Instructional Program for the Modern Junior High School 145
24. IV. Administration
25. The Real and the Unreal in School and Community Relations 155
26. The Administrator and the School Staff 160
27. Administration and Supervision of the Junior High School 169
28. Human Relations Techniques for School Administrators 173
29. Health Education Facilities in the School Plant Picture 188
30. Is It Time to Re-evaluate Your Testing Program? 196
31. How Elementary Teachers Can Get the Most from Standardized Test Scores 209
32. Comparison of College Achievement of Public and Private School Graduates, Freshman Year in College 223
33. Evaluating an Educational Program in Terms of the General Objectives 229
34. Index 241