Date of Award

1948

Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Education

Department

Education

Chief Instructor

Henry John Warman

Keywords

Massachusetts, secondary education, teaching

Abstract

The central purpose of this investigation was to determine the amount and nature and geography courses offered by the public high schools of Massachusetts for students in the ninth through twelfth grades. Specific objectives of the study included (1) a comparison of the extent of geography courses in the school years 1924-1925, 1942-1943, and 1946-1947, (2) an analysis of the nature of present geography courses, (3) a determination of the degree and type of integration of geography with other high school subjects , (4) a summary of attitudes expressed by high school administrators toward geography, and (5) a determination of present and probable future trends in geography instruction.

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