Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Brands of Listening. According to the manual, a high-school social-studies class is just the place to take up such weighty matters as "sharing in making necessary repairs in the home" and "acquiring the realization that all lines of work have problems and responsibilities, as well as pleasures and rewards." If the student is expected to know much of anything about history aside from some fatuously chauvinistic scraps out of the American past, the manual does not say. Under the high-school section "Using Tools of Communication Effectively," Hildebrand counted 44 items on "listening," e.g., "listening to a telephone...
...reading invitations, greeting cards." They can also master "using sign language" so they can interpret "directions indicated by hand or head signals," "the sign language of animals" and "traffic lights." Under the major function of "developing economic competence," they may learn about "returning things borrowed from fellow classmates promptly" (social studies), "operating audiovisual equipment" (science), "telling how a department store facilitates trade" (mathematics) and "observing 'Do It Yourself programs" (practical arts). Social studies can also include "greeting parents and other members of the family with affection," while science can mean "proper methods of ventilating home...
Initiate, Develop, Cultivate. Who decides what "study unit" to take up? Why, says the guidebook, mostly the pupils themselves. But once they have made their choice, e.g., "Building Good Relationships with Our Parents" in an eighth grade social-studies class, they are in for an elaborate process. First comes "initiating the unit," i.e., discuss why bother with it?, then "developing the unit" by 1) deciding on its objectives, e.g., "to cultivate the social customs which are necessary for gracious living," 2) planning the work, e.g., "select pupil personnel for the various activities," 3) carrying out the activities, e.g., "making...
...post of chief of the Children's Bureau in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, President Eisenhower nominated Katherine Brownell Oettinger, 53, now dean of Boston University's School of Social Work. A veteran of social work in New York City and Pennsylvania, she succeeds Dr. Martha M. Eliot...
...path of duty." The path was clear to Pierce: it led to Rome. Cornelia was converted and made her first confession in New Orleans before they sailed; Pierce, with unerring dramatic sense, waited until they reached the Vatican. Cornelia's buoyancy and Pierce's social agility made them favorites in the lofty Catholic society surrounding the papal court. Back in the U.S. once again, Pierce taught English at a Catholic college in Louisiana, suffered with his wife through the loss of their small son. At the college he was an "amateur among professionals, a layman among priests." Abruptly...