INDUSTRIAL ARTS IN THE SCHOOL
EXAMPLES OF INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION
By Frank Mitchell Leavitt, The University of Chicago. 330 pages, $1.25
The movement for industrial education is a part of a recent great educational advance. This volume discusses the history and practice of the movement to bring about universal and appropriate education, especially in its relation to existing social, economic, and educational institutions. The author outlines a constructive plan for organization of this type of education by public schools and gives many helpful suggestions for bringing such organization into vital relation with the present system. Full descriptions of existing classes and schools serve as examples to illustrate the general principles of their classification.
FINE AND INDUSTRIAL ARTS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
By Walter Sargent, The University of Chicago. 132 pages, illustrated, 75 cents
The present wide acceptance of the manual arts as an important part of general education is rapidly removing them from the class of special subjects. The purpose of this book is to present some considerations upon questions arising from this readjustment. The distinctive functions of the various subjects taught under the head of manual arts, the organization of progressive instruction, and reasonable standards of attainment from year to year are among the subjects given careful consideration. The book includes a survey of the progression of work in the elementary grades, which forms the basis for the more detailed suggestions which follow.
HOW CHILDREN LEARN TO DRAW
By Walter Sargent and Elizabeth E. Miller, The University of Chicago. 264 pages, illustrated, $1.00
A new and decidedly fresh viewpoint is at once apparent in this book, which treats drawing as a means of self-expression, as entirely natural as talking or writing. The book combines, in subject matter, theory as to what is to be accomplished, practical reports as to how these aims have been accomplished, particularly in the Elementary School of the School of Education (The University of Chicago), and definite suggestions for improvement of methods. It will be found an excellent volume for reading circles as well as for use in normal-training classes and departments of education.
GINN AND COMPANY Publishers