Isaac Leon Kandel, M.A., Ph.D. (1881-1965) was an American educator born in

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, Romania. He studied at Manchester, England, Teachers College, Columbia University, and the University of Jena, ( Germany). For several years, he taught at schools in Ireland, then became a scholar and teaching professor at

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(1908–10). In 1914, Professor Kandel became a specialist of the

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. He was a contributor to several

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s, and the author of a number of books.

Books

* ''Elementary Education in England'' (1914) * ''Federal Aid for Vocational Education'' (1917) * ''Education in Germany'' (1918) * ''Reports on Education in Great Britain, Ireland, Germany and France'' (1919)

References

Bibliography

* Encyclopaedia Judaica * Oxford

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*For the definitive biography of Kandel, see J. Wesley Null, ''Peerless Educator: The Life and Work of Isaac Leon Kandel'' (New York Peter Lang, 2007). *For an anthology that includes many of Kandel's published writings, see J. Wesley Null and Diane Ravitch, ''Forgotten Heroes of American Education: The Great Tradition of Teaching Teachers'' (Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, 2006).

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