BULLETIN: NO. 1, 1908

WHOLE NUMBER 380
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR :: BUREAU OF EDUCATION

ON THE TRAINING OF PERSONS
TO TEACH AGRICULTURE IN

THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

CONTENTS.

30

Page.

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL-

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INTRODUCTORY NOTE--

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Part I.-The nature of the problem.

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(1) Elementary schools

9

(2) High schools

18

(3) Special schools

21

Part II.—The means of training the teachers..

23

(1) Aids to teachers already in service-

25

(a) Summer Schools.--

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(6) Regular teachers' institutes_

27

(c) Lectures

27

(d) Correspondence and leaflet work

27

(e) Short courses in agricultural colleges.

28

(f) Peripatetic teachers

(9) United States Department of Agriculture --- 29

(2) The training of new teachers.-

29

(a) State normal schools.

(6) Local normal schools

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(c) High schools and training classes.

33

(d) Separate agricultural schools

34

(e) Special foundations -

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(f) Education departments and teachers' colleges_

(9) Colleges of agriculture ---

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Part III.-The general outlook; the significance of normal work in the

colleges of agriculture --

39

The content of the normal work..

11

Department of agricultural education of the Massa-

chusetts Agricultural College.

41

College of agriculture of the University of Illinois -- 41

Normal department of the New York State College

of Agriculture --

12

Teachers College of the University of Missouri.--

43

College of agriculture of the University of Maine -- 41

Normal course of the North Carolina College of Agri-

culture and the Mechanic Arts --

46

North Dakota Agricultural College-

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Connecticut Agricultural College---

47

Washington (State) Agricultural College-

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List of references.

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Index

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