The hope is entertained that the following pages may prove of value, not alone to the student of technical education as it exists in Germany, but particularly to those who are endeavoring to institute and develop industrial and technical training in this country. The possibility along these lines is exceedingly great and the interest and attention of thinking people is focused here. They look to this form of education as a partial solution of some of the most obstinate problems now confronting us.
CONTENTS
| Page | ||
|---|---|---|
| [Introduction] | [v] | |
| [Contents] | [vii] | |
| [Publisher’s Note] | [viii] | |
| [Section I.] | Classification of Schools | [5] |
| [Section II.] | Continuation Schools (Fortbildungsschulen) | [16] |
| [Section III.] | Trade Schools (Fachschulen) | [41] |
| [Section IV.] | Secondary Technical Schools(Gewerbliche Mittelschulen) | [61] |
| Schools for the Building Trades (Baugewerkschulen) | [61] | |
| Schools for Foremen (Werkmeisterschulen) | [69] | |
| Schools for the Textile Trades (Gewerbeschulen) | [74] | |
| Industrial Schools of Bavaria (Industrie Schulen) | [82] | |
| [Section V.] | Higher Technical Schools (Technische Hochschulen) | [85] |
| [Section VI.] | Schools of Industrial Arts or Art Trade Schools (Kunstgewerbeschulen) | [98] |
| [Section VII.] | Bibliography | [105] |
PUBLISHER’S NOTE
This book was published under some disadvantages, as it was delayed by the removal of our office to a larger place of business, and by a printers’ strike, which resulted in four changes in foremen. This, together with the fact that the author was upon the Pacific coast and proof was delayed and sometimes lost has led to errors for which he is not responsible. Besides typographical blunders easily recognized the following are noted:
| Page [13], | next line to last for Air read Art. |
| [19], | 5th line, for enable read ennoble. |
| [23], | 4th line from below, for committee read communities. |
| [25], | 5th line, for development read deportment. |
| [63], | 7th line, for models read modes. |
| [72], | next to last line, the 1 should be in second half of first year, making the totals 41 and 43 instead of 42 and 42. |
| [79], | in table, Knitting should have 1 yr. instead of 2 yrs., and the line beginning Machinery is to be omitted. |
| [81], | 4th line from below, insert to before enter. |
| [93], | last part of paragraph, read “The one course plan however has been substituted for the several.” |
By Prof. Arthur Henry Chamberlain
I
If one were to point out the most distinctive feature of the educational system in the Fatherland to-day, it would perhaps be the highly specialized condition of the technical schools.