Syllabus of an Introductory Course on Part-Time Education for Administrators and Teachers of Special Classes to Be Established Under the Compulsory Part-Time Education Act, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Syllabus of an Introductory Course on Part-Time Education for Administrators and Teachers of Special Classes to Be Established Under the Compulsory Part-Time Education Act, Vol. 1<br><br>This syllabus is intended primarily for the use of those enrolled in tile short courses on Part-time Education in various California cities, conducted by the School of Education of the University of California, in cooperation with the State Board of Education.<br><br>The short course is to be offered in a number of centers in preparation for carrying out the provisions of the new Part-time Education Act, passed by the State Legislature during its last session.<br><br>There are two general provisions in this Part-time Act. One concerns the education, on a day part-time basis of employed minors in civic, general education and vocational subjects; and the other the education on an evening school basis, of minors under 21 years of age who are markedly deficient in the oral and written use of the English language.<br><br>The course hereafter outlined covers only the first part of the act which relates to the establishment of special day part-time classes for minors under 18 years of age.<br><br>The syllabus will not serve as a text, but will be suggestive in directing the thinking of those who are interested in, or responsible for the establishment of the classes which must be organized with the beginning of the school year 1920 - 1921.<br><br>Only those references are listed which bear directly upon the topics, and which are readily obtainable. The student will not obtain the maximum of value from the course if be does not read all the references suggested in relation to each topic. Special attention is called to the various outlines and articles reproduced in the appendices.<br><br>The Foreword prepared by Dr. E. R. Snyder, State Commissioner of Vocational Education, should be the first topic for the discussion of the study group, as it opens the whole field of part-time education and presents the point of view of the State Department of Education.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.