Schools Of Scandinavia Finland And Holland Bulletin 1919

This bulletin on the schools of Scandinavia, Finland, and Holland covers the following topics: (1) The war in its effects on the schools of Scandinavia; (2) Norway: General characteristics of the school system; School gardens; School welfare activities: Speech forms in the schools; Teachers' pensions; War conditions and the schools; Present trend in educational thought and school legislation; (3) Sweden: General view of the educational system; Care of the pupils' health; Religious instruction in the elementary schools; Studies of the home locality; Development of the communal middle school; Obligatory continuation school; Educational activities apart from the schools; (4) Denmark: General survey of the educational system; National Polytechnic Institute; The people's high school; School excursions; Teachers' training, salaries, and status; Articulation between primary and secondary schools; (5) Holland; (6) The schools of Finland; (7) Education in Iceland (by Holmfridur Armadottir). Individual sections contain references. (Contains 17 footnotes.) [Best copy available has been provided.].