New York State Education Department Bulletin (Volume 491)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911. Excerpt: ... Education Department Bulletin Published fortnightly by the University of the State of New York Entered as second-class matter June 24, 1908, at the Post Office at Albany, N. Y., under the act of July 16, 1894 No. 491 ALBANY, N. Y. March 15, 1911 REPORT ON THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS OF HAMBURG AND ALTONA WITH REFERENCES TO HARBURG AND BLANKANESE BY Harry B. Smith INTRODUCTION The object of this report is to give as simply and concisely as possible a sketch of the organization and general working of the industrial continuation schools of Hamburg and Altona, touching to some considerable extent upon those minor details that are contributing to their success, but are not usually dealt with in broader and more philosophical reports on German education. No effort will be made to approach this problem from its psychological standpoint or to present any deep, economic principles. Except for a brief history of the foundation of these schools and references to the interrelation between trade schools and trade-unions or boards of trade, the body of the report deals almost exclusively with the everyday internal workings of the schools, having always in view those points that should be most useful to similar schools in the United States. The information is drawn at first hand from a residence of seven months in Hamburg and Altona, during which time the writer took three courses as a student in the industrial schools and visited a thousand classes here and in other parts of Prussia. One of the most valuable courses was that given by Director Weckwerk of the hauptgewerbeschule, Hamburg, in which the students were teachers in the public schools and were learning the practical pedagogy of trade school education with a view to becoming industrial teachers. Of the classes visit...