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An Analysis of the Contribution of a Given Educational System to the Defense of Democracy (open access)

An Analysis of the Contribution of a Given Educational System to the Defense of Democracy

The purpose of this study is four-fold: (1) to present through an analysis of life needs the nature and source of a curriculum best adapted to democracy; (2) to present fairly some of the reasons why a curriculum must be founded on democracy if democracy survives the dangerous forces that threaten to obliterate its very existence; (3) to make an unprejudiced analysis of the regular situation now existing in Oklahoma schools at the present time to find whether her schools are meeting this challenge to democracy; and (4) to offer from the comparison of the summaries of these data recommendations whereby all schools may have a curriculum "rooted in the life of its people"--a program that contributes to democracy and permanent national defense.
Date: 1941
Creator: Maxwell, Maude Napier
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Improvement of Reports to Parents (open access)

The Improvement of Reports to Parents

The purpose of this study is to determine an adequate and justifiable report to the parents regarding the progress of students in the public schools of the Colbert community, Colbert, Oklahoma.
Date: 1951
Creator: Mantooth, Elmer Herle
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Need for a Comprehensive Physical Education Program and Proposed Plan for Marietta, Oklahoma Public Schools (open access)

The Need for a Comprehensive Physical Education Program and Proposed Plan for Marietta, Oklahoma Public Schools

The purpose of this study is not only to show the need of a comprehensive physical education program but to submit a proposed plan to fulfill the need and correlating this plan of improvement with the traditional subject-matter type of school curriculum.
Date: 1950
Creator: Hopkins, John R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Philosophical Concepts of Leading Philosophers with those of Certain Southern Oklahoma Educators (open access)

A Comparison of the Philosophical Concepts of Leading Philosophers with those of Certain Southern Oklahoma Educators

This investigation proposes to present a comparison of two compendiums of philosophy, and in the light of this comparison determine the prevailing types of educational philosophy and practice used in certain schools of southern Oklahoma.
Date: 1941
Creator: Henry, Isabelle Morton
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of the Formal Versus the Informal Method of Teaching Arithmetic (open access)

Evaluation of the Formal Versus the Informal Method of Teaching Arithmetic

The problem in this investigation has a three-fold purpose: namely, (1) to determine the results of delaying formal arithmetic until the fourth grade; (2) to ascertain the results reflected in the reading abilities of children when the time ordinarily spent on drill and organized instruction in arithmetic is given to reading, the diverted time being spent in reading arithmetic stories, playing games, and in using other arithmetical processes in connection with school activities; (3) to compare the results of a behavior journal kept for each child in the experimental group and in the control group.
Date: 1942
Creator: Garrett, Atlee Margaret
System: The UNT Digital Library
Restoration and Extension of Federal Forts in the Southwest from 1865 to 1885 (open access)

Restoration and Extension of Federal Forts in the Southwest from 1865 to 1885

This thesis is an attempt to portray the part the forts of the Southwest had in developing the Federal Indian Policy in that region from 1865 to 1885.
Date: August 1941
Creator: Bennett, Alice Bell
System: The UNT Digital Library