Education
Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women
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Elizabeth Blackwell
A fascinating account of the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States. She writes of her struggles in being accepted to …
A Plea for Ragged Schools; or, Prevention Better than Cure
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Thomas Guthrie
The Reverend Thomas Guthrie was first introduced to the idea of ragged schools in 1841, while acting as the Parish Minister of St. John's Ch…
Home Education Series Vol. IV: Ourselves, Book II. Self-Direction
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Charlotte Mason
This is Book II of the fourth volume in the Home Education Series detailing Charlotte Mason's method of education. This volume is subtitled…
A New England Girlhood, Outlined from Memory (Version 2)
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Lucy Larcom
What was growing up like for a seaside country girl in 1800’s New England -- her expectations, occupations, education, and opportunities? Wh…
Moral Principles in Education
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John Dewey
In this book, Dewey elaborates the moral principles that play into the field of education. Starting from the role morality plays in the purp…
Medieval Contributions to Modern Civilisation
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Various
The mediaeval contributions to modern civilisation, which are the theme of this book, are twofold.There is the contribution of the idealised…
Annual Reports to the Massachusetts Board of Education
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Horace Mann
Horace Mann is called The Father of the Common School and was one of the first progressive thinkers on education in the United States. His A…
Home Education: a Course of Lectures to Ladies
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Charlotte Mason
In proposing these lectures, my original notion was to popularize and amplify the valuable educational hints contained in some two or three …
Education CD 01-08 By Ellen G White Read By Eric Martin (1411-44)
Education CD 01-08 By Ellen G White Read By Eric Martin (1411-44)
La crisi dell'infanzia e la delinquenza dei minorenni
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Scipio Sighele
Giurista di formazione e docente universitario, Sighele contribuì con le sue opere ad approfondimenti in diverse discipline moderne, …
Logick
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Isaac Watts
The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth with a Variety of Rules to guard against error in the Affairs of Religion and Human Life,…
Books and Reading
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Noah Porter
[The author] hopes that the effect of these discussions may lead to more comprehensive and elevated estimates of authors and of literature o…
Of Education
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John Milton
A well educated population is the cornerstone of a strong society. On the personal level, education contributes to virtue and self-knowledge…
An Old Master and Other Political Essays
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Thomas Woodrow Wilson and Woodrow Wilson
This is a collection of five essays published by Woodrow Wilson in 1893, while he was Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University (s…
Who will Pick up Elijah's Mantle?
Justus Musinguzi
The Church is facing a very serious crisis. This crisis is best demonstrated by the pictures of the best performing students in this country…
The Boise Survey
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Jesse Brundage Sears
A complete survey of the Independent Boise School District, Boise, Idaho was conducted over two weeks, with the purpose to study and observe…
H.M.I.: Some Passages in the Life of One of H.M. Inspectors of Schools
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Edmund Mackenzie Sneyd-Kinnersley
Sneyd-Kinnersley was an Inspector of Schools in a period when regulations were rapidly changing and access to free public education was expa…
America Becomes A World Power
SANWAL. WBGO Collection
The Standard School Broadcast [Chevron] was an educational radio program that went on the air in 1928 to promote history and mus…
On Reading The Bible
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Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
These are three lectures (numbers 8, 9, 10) excerpted from the author’s 1920 book On The Art Of Reading. The lectures were delivered to stu…
The Flexner Report. Medical Education In The United States And Canada
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Abraham Flexner
The Flexner Report is a book-length review and investigation into medical education in the United States and Canada, written by Abraham Flex…