The Elementary School Curriculum by Frederick Gordon Bonser - 1921-01-01

New York:: Macmillan, 1922.. Later Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: dark green cloth with gilt spine text; the first and last pages are badly browned; the spine is slanted; Good condition.. small 8vo (7.5 inches tall) . Index. Brown endpapers. Description: Originally published in 1920, this is a later printing. From the foreword: ''This book is offered as practical help to teachers, supervisors, principals, and superintendents in the improvement of the elementary school curriculum. The extended discussion of questions concerning the elimination of undesirable material and the introduction of much desirable new material has created a genuine need for a thoroughgoing constructive revision of the curriculum. Such a revision requires the development of fundamental principles of selection, related vitally on the one hand to the aims and activities of life, and on the other to the nature and needs of children. The first eight chapters of this book are devoted to the development of such… Read More

The Macmillan Company, 1921. hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. 1921 edition. Green cloth boards are heavily rubbed and stained on front and spine, and have normal edge wear. Binding is good. Some underlining and notations in pencil and pen in first 72 pages. Remainder of text is unmarked. Pages are lightly toned, and there are a few, small, age-related stains here and there. 466 pages. LO

New York: MacMillan. Very Good-. 1927. Hardcover. 5 1/4 x 7 3/4 ; xvi, 466 pages; 1923 copy. Hard cover is green with gold lettering on spine. Boards have sunning, rubbing, scuffing, bumping; top 1 3/4" of rear cover is a darker green. First 17 pages have some pencil notations. Pages are clean and tight. One of the first educators who had the greatest influence on the genesis of what is now known as technology education was Frederick Gordon Bonser (1875-1931) , a faculty member at Teachers College, Columbia University. This title is a great blast from the past, a look inside a 1923 classroom. .

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.