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Educational Review
The ''Educational Review'' was a periodical established in 1891 by Nicholas Murray Butler to promote the scientific study of education.Rosenthal, Michael (2006). ''Nicholas Miraculous: The Amazing Career of the Redoubtable Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler''. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. p. 96. It was published by Henry Holt and Company, Henry Holt and edited by Butler from 1891 to 1919, followed by Frank Pierrepont Graves until 1924, and William McAndrew. Assistant editors included William Henry Maxwell, William Maxwell, Earl H. Cook, and Addison B. Poland. McInerny, P. M. (2007).Nicholas Murray Butler, James McKeen Cattell, and the Educational Review: Footnote to a Famous Feud. ''Perspectives on The History of Higher Education''. Routledge. 26: 129-146. By 1900, the ''Educational Review'' had garnered a reputation as one of the best educational periodicals in the world. The journal was found in almost every major library by 1919. The last issue of the journal was published i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William McAndrew
William McAndrew Jr. (August 20, 1863 – June 13, 1937) was an American educator and editor who served as Superintendent of Chicago Public Schools in the 1920s. McAndrew was, for a time, one of the best-known educators in the United States. Before becoming Chicago superintendent, he worked as superintendent of schools in St. Clair, Michigan, as a Head teacher, principal in Chicago, and as a principal and assistant superintendent of schools for New York City. During his more than three-decades (1892–1924) as a school administrator in New York, McAndrew first garnered national attention and esteem in his field, becoming widely-known and well-regarded as a leading figure in the field of education. His philosophies about education (which took inspiration from scientific management movement advocate Frederick Winslow Taylor) received attention. McAndrew made numerous reforms within Chicago Public Schools, including establishing middle schools, implementing standardized testing, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Władysław Dawid
Jan Władysław Dawid (26 June 1859 in Lublin – 9 July 1914) was a teacher, psychologist, pioneer of educational psychology and experimental pedagogy in Poland. He was a lecturer at the Flying University (now known as the ''Society for Educational Courses'', also known as ''The Society for Science Courses'') in Warsaw. He since held other numerous roles including editor of a number of Polish journals such as the ''Educational Review (Przegląd Pedagogiczny)'' (1889–1897), '' Voice (Głos)'' (1900–1905) and ''Social Review (Przegląd Społeczny)'' (1906–1907).Bibliografia filozofii polskiej 1896-1918, Andrzej Przymusiała, Maria Młoczkowska (Bibliography of Polish Philosophy, 1896-1918); Life Dawid studied law at Warsaw University from 1872 and after graduating, went on to Leipzig and Halle, Saxony-Anhalt from 1882 to 1884 to study natural sciences. There he was heavily influenced by W. Wundt and H. Ebbinghaus. His largest merits were on the basis of empirical psycholo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Murray Butler
Nicholas Murray Butler () was an American philosopher, diplomat, and educator. Butler was president of Columbia University, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and the deceased James S. Sherman's replacement as William Howard Taft’s running mate in the 1912 United States presidential election. He became so well known and respected that ''The New York Times'' printed his Christmas greeting to the nation every year. Early life and education Butler, great-grandson of Morgan John Rhys, was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Mary Butler and manufacturing worker Henry Butler. He enrolled in Columbia College (later Columbia University) and joined the Peithologian Society. He earned his bachelor of arts degree in 1882, his master's degree in 1883 and his doctorate in 1884. Butler's academic and other achievements led Theodore Roosevelt to call him "Nicholas Miraculous". In 1885, Butler studied in Paris and Berlin and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Holt And Company
Henry Holt and Company is an American book-publishing company based in New York City. One of the oldest publishers in the United States, it was founded in 1866 by Henry Holt and Frederick Leypoldt. Currently, the company publishes in the fields of American and international fiction, biography, history and politics, science, psychology, and health, as well as books for children's literature. In the US, it operates under Macmillan Publishers. History The company publishes under several imprints, including Metropolitan Books, Times Books, Owl Books, and Picador. It also publishes under the name of Holt Paperbacks. The company has published works by renowned authors Erich Fromm, Paul Auster, Hilary Mantel, Robert Frost, Hermann Hesse, Norman Mailer, Herta Müller, Thomas Pynchon, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ivan Turgenev, and Noam Chomsky. From 1951 to 1985, Holt published the magazine ''Field & Stream''. Holt merged with Rinehart & Company of New York and the John C. Winston Compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Pierrepont Graves
Frank Pierrepont Graves (July 23, 1869 – September 13, 1956) was Commissioner of the New York State Education Department from 1921 to 1940. Prior to assuming the commissionership, Graves was a noted historian of education, college administrator, and author. Early life and education Graves was born in Brooklyn, New York on July 23, 1869. He was educated in the Brooklyn Public schools, and attended Columbia University, earning an A.B. in 1889 and a Ph.D. in Greek in 1892. He gained membership in Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa, and Phi Beta Phi. In 1895, he married Helen Hope Wadsworth. Academic career Graves taught Greek at Columbia for two years and at Tufts College for five. He later became president of the State University of Wyoming for two years, and president of the University of Washington for five years. Both institutions quadrupled their enrollment during his tenure.James Malcolom, ed., ''The New York State Red Book'' (Albany, NY: J.B. Lyon, 1928), p. 173. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry Maxwell
William Henry Maxwell (March 5, 1852 – May 3, 1920) was a United States educator. From 1898 to 1917, he was superintendent of public schools in New York City. Biography Maxwell born near the village of Stewartstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, on March 5, 1852. He comes from “an old Scotch family which settled in Ulster during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, his father, John Maxwell, being a Presbyterian clergyman.” He was educated at the College of Belfast and Galway and at Queen's University, took his A.B. in 1872, and his A. M. in 1874. In 1874 he emigrated to the United States; and from 1882 to 1898 he superintended the Brooklyn public schools. As superintendent of the New York City Public Schools Maxwell worked to keep the march of educational facilities apace with the growth of New York City. In 1901 he was made an honorary LL.D. by Columbia University. In 1904/05 he was president of the National Education Association The National Education Association (NEA) is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McKeen Cattell
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School And Society
''School and Society'' was a weekly educational periodical established in 1915 by psychologist James McKeen Cattell James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ..., originally published by Science Press. It was described as a "weekly journal covering the field of education in relation to the problems of American democracy". Cattell was the editor of the journal from 1915 until 1939, when William Bagley took over the role. In 1922, the Society for the Advancement of Education took over the duties of publication. During its lifetime, the journal absorbed many defunct journals, including the ''School Journal'', the ''Teacher’s Magazine'', and the '' Educational Review''. McInerny, P. M. (2007).Nicholas Murray Butler, James McKeen Cattell, and the Educational Review: Footnote to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Journals Of The United States
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Education Journals
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Various researchers emphasize the role of critical thinking in order to distinguish education from indoctrination. Some theorists require that education results in an improvement of the student while others prefer a value-neutral definition of the term. In a slightly different sense, education may also refer, not to the process, but to the product of this process: the mental states and dispositions possessed by educated people. Education originated as the transmission of cultural heritage from one generation to the next. Today, educational goals increasingly encompass new ideas such as the liberation of learners, skills needed for modern society, empathy, and complex vocational skills. Types of education are commonly divided into formal, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Publications Established In 1891
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