Search results for "History of education" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • early twentieth-century American education. In 1921, Irwin founded ... regarded as a powerful force in the freeing of education from the strictures ...
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  • 1, 1918) was an American educator and one of the leaders of the Kindergarten ... at a young age became familiar with the work of Friedrich Froebel. She became ...
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  • an American educator and editor. A critic of pragmatism and progressive ... 15, 1874, in Detroit, Michigan, the son of William Chase and Ruth Walker ...
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  • Category:Education [[Image:BlgGym.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Modern indoor ... In most educational systems, physical education (PE), (also called ...
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  • Category:Education institution that teaches an inclusive range of subjects across the academic ...
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  • an American educator, dedicated to the education of young children. After ... Susan Blow was born in St. Louis, Missouri, as the oldest of six children ...
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  • He served as the U.S. Commissioner of Education, during which time ... In 1859, he became a principal in one of the public schools in St ...
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  • Category:Education the building intended for indoor sports or exercise|gym A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education and ...
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  • advocate. She is famous for her promotion of higher education for women ... greatly advanced the opportunities for education for women in the US, giving ...
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  • was a Flemish composer and music theorist of the Renaissance era. Tinctoris ... He is known to have studied in Orleans, and to have been master of ...
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  • for her forthright opinions on women’s education. Unlike her sisters, Catherine ... Beecher was born in East Hampton, New York, the oldest of 13 children ...
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  • Category:Education [[Image:Village school in Northern Bahr el Ghazal ... Coeducation is the integrated education of males and females at the ...
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  • Category:Education about educating gifted students, see Gifted education. [[Image:Teacher ...
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  • social critic, and a leading advocate of Christian Socialism. Tawney ... 30, 1880, in Calcutta, India, the son of a respected Sanskrit scholar ...
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  • Category:Education jpg|thumb|300 px|Walton Hall, headquarters of the Open University. (Artist: ...
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  • Category:Education [[Image:IVE Tsing Yi.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Hong Kong Institute of ...
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  • Category:Education students for a college or university education. Some schools will also ...
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  • Category:Education [[Image:Landaff 1940s.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Teacher ... education and society, while the history of education gives an overview ...
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  • Category:Education but also include courses on the doctrines of the church and often offer ...
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  • for his Essay on the Nature and Significance of Economic Science. He was also ... he was also a key figure in the advancement of the British system of university ...
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  • a prominent law professor, and a signer of the United States Declaration ... Wythe, influenced by an education rooted in classical tradition, contributed ...
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  • 1957), older sister to Grace Abbott, both of Grand Island, Nebraska, began ... Edith Abbott was born into a family that believed in the ideals of ...
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  • Secondary education in France falls under the jurisdiction of the ... allows the student to continue to higher education, studies in technology ...
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  • Category:Education the type of school providing secondary education|gymnasium (school) ...
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  • Category:Education the Fulbright-Hays Program is a program of grants for international educational ...
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  • famous for his work in children's education, particularly the invention ... in Thuringia (now Germany), the fifth of six children. The village where ...
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  • in central Seoul, South Korea. One of the city's largest institutions ... 1925. Immediately following the liberation of Korea on August 15, 1945, the ...
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  • activist and reformer, the chairman of the committee on labor laws ... in Brooklyn, New York City, the youngest of ten children to Joseph Goldmark ...
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  • that focuses on the online visibility of and access to African-origin ... International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP ...
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  • commonly to pass the entrance examinations of high schools or universities ... school and weekend programs for students of all ages, including even college ...
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  • important contributions to literature, education, and science Among his ... Lomonosov was born in the village of Denisovka (the name of which ...
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  • philosopher, and diplomat, an advocate of peace through education. The ... L. Butler and Mary Murray Butler, daughter of Nicholas Murray, a clergyman ...
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  • Category:Education and services they offer as well as the type of students they attract. Despite ...
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  • was an acclaimed American pioneer in the education of the deaf. He founded ... on December 10, 1787, the oldest of eight children. His family ...
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  • , located in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, is one of the most prestigious universities ... Today Keio Gijuku Daigaku includes undergraduate faculties of Business ...
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  • and the United States. He was a student of French physician Jean Marc ... Seguin's approach was influenced by utopian ideas, such as those ...
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  • Category:Education where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known ...
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  • he is often mentioned as the associate of Jeremy Bentham and as the father ... James Mill was born April 6, 1773, at Northwater Bridge, in the parish ...
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  • Denis-Auguste Affre (September 27, 1793– June 27, 1848), archbishop ... His ministry and episcopacy was set in the context of post-Revolution ...
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  • a teacher and educational reformer, founder of the Kindergarten system in ... her daughter began teaching in at the age of 16. Education was the center ...
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  • District, West Bengal, India, consists of a theological college and a ... unable to retrieve. --> The Latin name of the college motto, Gloriam ...
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  • Category:Education [[Image:CircleOfFriends.jpg |thumbnail|250px|A group of Outward Bound ...
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  • The Corcoran Gallery of Art is the largest privately supported cultural ... Wilson Corcoran in 1869, and houses one of the most comprehensive collections ...
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  • specialist curators research the background of the collection, interpret the ... contexts. Curators have the unique role of building a culture of peace ...
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  • Category:Education [[Image:Centro-fotografico-students.jpg|right|thumb ... Adult education, also known as continuing education, is a broad term ...
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  • Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {|class="infobox ... was naturally to provide the best higher education for women. While for five ...
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  • an educational institution (often a school of secondary education in Europe ... discussions there during the last third of the fifth century B.C.E. In ...
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  • The British Film Institute (BFI) is one of the oldest film organizations ... the London Film Festival and offers a range of educational programs. In 2005 ...
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  • Category:Education to the high school counselor in terms of duties and services. Historically ...
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  • known in English as Academies or Academies of Classical Learning, were private ... *Taga, Akigoro. The History of Education in T'ang China: Todai ...
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