The training of teachers in the United States of America

Amy Blanche Bramwell, H. Millicent Hughes

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No.Accessions ClassNo^fZ-J^.THE TRAINING OF TEACHERS
IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BY
AMY BLANCHE B.Sc.BRAMWELL,
Late Assistant at tJie Ladies' Cheltenham Lecturer at theMistress ;College,
Women TeachersCambridge Training Collegefor
AND
H. MILLICENT HUGHES
Lecturer on Education andHead ofTraining Department, University College
South Wales andMonmouthshire
ILontion
SWAN SONNENSCHEIN & CO
NEW YORK : MACMILLAN & CO
1894sypff
Butler & Tanner,
The Selwood Printing Works,
andFkome, London.PREFACE
In view of the interest ingrowing secondary
education in and the educa-importantEngland,
tional the Gil-solution,problems demanding
christ Trustees in the ofdecided, early part
to send five women teachers to America1893,
for the of andpurpose studying reporting
Schools for Girls andupon Secondary Training
for Women in different of theColleges parts
States. The Trustees made their intention
and invited the bodiesknown,widely governing
of the various women's and associa-colleges
tions of teachers to submit to them ofnames
Out of the listpersons specially qualified.
of able and women teachers thusexperienced
furnished to the after carefulthem, Trustees,
consideration of the of thequalifications
numerous selected thecandidates, following
five : Miss Lecturer at theBramwell, B.Sc,
MissCambridge Training Burstall,College;
Mistress at the North LondonB.A., Collegiate
School for Miss Lecturer onGirls; Hughes,iv PREFACE
Education at Cardiff Miss
;University College,
Head of the Com-Mistress Skinners'Page,
School for Stamford N. andGirls, Hill, ;pany's
School forMiss Mistress at theZimmern, High
awardedWells. wereGirls, Tunbridge They
of one hundredtravelling scholarships pounds
each to enable them to two months inspend
the United States in their en-prosecuting
The five scholars visited America in the
quiries.
summer of and submitted to the Trustees1893,
—two of which viz.,carefully prepared Reports,
—those Miss Bramwell and Miss Hughesby
are to the in this volume.presented public
The Trustees have aided in the publication
of these because believe that aReports they
of the educational andknowledge systems
which have been tried in Americaexperiments
fail to be of interest and value to thosecannot
in in the Unitedengaged Kingdom.teaching
R. D. ROBERTS,
to the Gilchrist Trustees.Secretary
Gilchrist Educational Trust,
Victoria S.W.17, London,Street,
1894.THENOTE BY AUTHORS
In the which we arepublishing following reports,
andenabled to do thethrough courtesy generosity
beof the Gilchrist it notTrustees, may altogether
of to submit a few remarks.out place prefatory
to visitWhen the five Scholars were appointed
American Schools and in the summer ofColleges
found in view of theit was magni-1893, advisable,
tude of the to somewhat divide thetask, responsi-
Three of the number undertook to visit
bility.
and institutions the means ofreport upon offering
while we desired togeneral education, especially
in the Statesthe made Unitedinvestigate provision
for the of Teachers.Training
in theAs our interests thus onelay direction,
thatTrustees further of our wesuggestionapproved
should travel and work and this weplantogether,
It will be seenfound most andhelpful satisfactory.
that we have covered the same but weexactly field,
have it desirable to writethought separate reports,
without mutual rather than toconsultation, embody
the results of our work in a account.joint
AMY B. BRAMWELL.
H. MILLICENT HUGHES.CONTENTS
PAGE
New York
1Educational Institutions
2Press Fair
Poughkeepsie
Vassar 2-3College
Philadelphia
3-4Schools and Institutes........
4MawrBryn
5West Chester and Millersville
Connecticut
6New New Willimantic ....Haven, Britain,
Massachusetts
6
Springfield
Boston-
7Perkins Institute for the Blind
9Harvard
10Women's Annex (Fay House)
11Institute of Technology
11
Wellesley
11
Quincy
12Milton (co-education)
14Concord
Syracuse
14
University
Ann Arbor
14State UniversityMichigan
15Commencement
16Benton Harbour
Chicago
16
University
17World's Fair
18Educational Congresses
19settlementUniversity