Development of the Teachers College in the United States with Special Reference to the Illinois State Normal University (1935)

Authors

Charles A. Harper

Files

Description

Table of contents:

The Awakening of Illinois and the Triumph of the Normal Idea – Problems of Physical Establishment – The Nature of the New Institution – Richard Edwards – The Bridgewater Influence – Growth 1865-1890 – The Student Body – The Curriculum 1862-1890 – The Practice School 1857-1890 – I.S.N.U. and the Educational Interests of the State 1860-1890 – National Position and Influence 1862-1890 – John W. Cook – The Student and the School 1890-1900 – Normal Becomes the Herbartian Center of America – Herbartianism Takes Normal – Herbartian Ideas – Child Study – Arnold Tompkins – Devid Felmley – The Struggle for Expansion 1900-1930 – Felmley and Educational Leadership in Illinois – The Right to Prepare High School Teachers – The Degree and Its Recognition – Curricular Development 1901-1930 – Teachers College Trends 1901-1930 – Science and Science Education at Normal 1857-1884 – Nature Study, General Science and Geography 1885-1930 - Afterward

Publication Date

1935

Publisher

McKnight & McKnight

City

Bloomington, Illinois

Disciplines

Higher Education

Recommended Citation

Harper, Charles A., "Development of the Teachers College in the United States with Special Reference to the Illinois State Normal University (1935)" (1935). Illinois State University History Books. 8.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/isuhistorybook/8