Bulletin, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education 1919, no. 59

Some phases of educational progress in Latin America

Contents.Central America: Practical education; Guatemala; Salvador; Honduras; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; PanamaBritish Guiana: New school regulationArgentina: Preliminary; illiteracy; report of National Council of Education; progress of education in the Provinces; changes under the projected law of 1918; secondary education; technical education; normal-school training; higher educationBrazil: Vocational educationChile: Preliminary; illiteracy; primary education; secondary education; training of teachers; technical educationUruguay: General introduction; primary education, public and private; rural schools; medical inspection of schools; secondary education; commercial education; training of teachers; higher educationVenezuela. One of the most interesting aspects of the school situation in Central America and Panama is the important position occupied by commercial and industrial education in the courses of study of many institutions. Public men and teachers in Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama have taken into account the need of offering to the new generation an education which shall be completely practical, with the purpose of turning the thoughts and energies of all the youth to fruitful service of their country. The teaching of arts and crafts, as well as that of commerce and agriculture, was formerly not begun, as in the United States, upon the students entering the secondary school, though there has for some time been a movement to make such instruction a part of the work of the advanced classes in the primary schools, to be continued in the liceo and the normal schools. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 68716
Author: Montgomery, Walter A. (Walter Alexander)
Release Date: Aug 8, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Publication Date: 1920
Publisher Country: United States