This work forms part of the tenth-anniversary celebrations of the University of Glamorgan. It traces the institution's development from its beginnings as the South Wales and Monmouthshire School of Mines to its present-day status as a university and sets that history in the context of the university's environment. The opening chapter by Meic Stephens looks at the growth of Pontypridd from a hamlet into an industrial town and describes the cultural and social context leading up to the opening of...
Education and Library Boards
Report of the Board of Trustees of Public Schools of the City of Washington; 1891/1892-1892/1893
Lehigh Alumni Bulletin 1917-1918 (volume 5, No. 4); 5
by Anonymous
Die Konfessionalitat Der Volksschullehrerbildung in Preussen
by Michael Wermke
The Politics of Women's Studies (Women's studies history)
by Florence Howe
Factors Affecting the Success of Pollination in Corn
by John Hall Lonnquist
Kindergartens and Cultures
At the turn of the nineteenth century, the German kindergarten - banned by the Prussian government as revolutionary - spread rapidly to nations around the globe, becoming at once a local and modernising institution. This book is a collection of case studies that describe the remarkable diffusion, adoption, and transformation of the kindergarten in eleven modern and developing nations. The contributors to the volume examine the process by which the idea of the kindergarten arrived and was adopted...
Stanford in Turmoil is a rare insider's look at one school's experience of dramatic political unrest during the late 1960s and early 1970s. It provides a unique perspective on the events that roiled the campus during this period—a period in which the author, Richard Lyman, served as the university's vice president, provost, and then president. In a cross between memoir and history, the book guides us through major cases of arson, including the destruction of the president's office, the notorious...
Thomas Platter and the Educational Renaissance of the Sixteenth Century - Primary Source Edition
by Paul Monroe
The London Adventure; an Essay in Wandering
by Arthur 1863-1947 Machen
Updated annually, East & Southeast Asia provides just enough historical background on the evolution of Modern East & Southeast Asia to help students gain a thorough understanding-in one semester-of contemporary developments in this vital region. Broad introductory regional and comparative chapters are followed by distinct sections on each country in the region. The combination of factual accuracy and up-to-date detail along with its informed projections make this an outstanding resource for rese...
