The Present Situation and Suggestions of Education in the classical literature Education of Teachers College

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 45-89
Author(s):  
Gil-Yeon Han
Keyword(s):  
Present Situation ◽  
Classical Literature ◽  
Teachers College ◽  
Literature Education

Solid Geometry in the High School

1931 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 424-428
Author(s):  
A. B. Coble
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
National Council ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Columbia University ◽  
Teachers College ◽  
Solid Geometry ◽  
Engineering Schools

The present situation of solid geometry in the high school, and current tendencies with respect to it, are discussed in a number of articles in the 1930 Year Book of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. W. D. Reeve of the Teachers College in Columbia University says in an article entitled "The Teaching of Geometry" : "The pressure upon the curriculum, the new subjects that are clamoring for a place in the sun, and the demands that We break with tradition — all these problems have caused educators to question the extent to which geometry should be carried. The wisdom of teaching solid geometry in particular has been seriously questioned. In fact solid geometry as a separate half-year course is rapidly becoming passé in our schools. It is not even required for entrance in some of our engineering schools and colleges, as, for example, the following statement shows":

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