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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"state normal school"”.
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The "great experiment" and the Michigan State Normal School: An institutional history analysis
… training in the western world and the United States, focusing on the establishment and institutionalization of teacher preparation in the normal schools of the mid-nineteenth century. This study presents the institutional building blocks that formed the foundation of teacher preparation in …
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A History of the Events Leading to the Establishment of the First State Normal School in America
… educators in this country studied the European schools where the principles of Johann H. Pestalozzi (1746-1827), Friedrick Froebel (1782-1852), and Emanuel Fellenberg (1771-1844) had been put into practice with favorable results. The Prussian normal schools established by Frederick the Great …
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The History of the Western Illinois University Band From 1904--1942, and Its Evolution From Within the Illinois Normal School Movement
… and its evolution from within the Illinois normal school movement. Following a brief historical review of the common and normal school's development in the eastern United States, the study examines (1) state normal school music departments and bands in Illinois, (2) the Western Illinois …
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A Cleave within the Piney Woods: Nacogdoches, Stephen F. Austin State University and How Racial Integration Divided the Town and Gown
<p>Stephen F. Austin State University was once the pride and joy of the city of Nacogdoches, Texas. When the Texas State Legislature began to look for a location for their new state normal school, the people of the East Texas town fought to have it built there and the Stephen F. Austin Teacher’s …