02. Colleges and Academic Units
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Interdisciplinary Studies Department (IDS)
The materials in Boxes 1-5 consist of files created by Prof. Joseph Fischer while he chaired the IDS Department, 1994-1997, and donated by Prof. Fischer in 2008. They are supplemented by an "Introduction to the M.Ed. Field Based Program: Philosophy, Structure & Processes" (1984) and "Handbook for Term 1" (1984), donated by Prof. Fletcher DuBois in 2011.
Kindergarten Work
Notebooks,drawings, and Froebel Gift work belonging to various guests or visitors and non-students of the Chicago Kindergarten College. Work belonging to Susan Blow, Carolina Gerke, who studied with Froebel's widow, Minna Shellhorn, who studied with Froebel, Mabel Agnes Gerrish, Carrie Coit, Margaret Maclachlan,and Edward Heall.
National College of Education Syllabi
Syllabi for departments and programs in the College of Education. Syllabi and related study materials for the Early Childhood Education Department presented at the First Annual National Conference/Course on Early Childhood Education on 1972-09-15 through 1972-09-17.
Writings on Kindergarten and Early Childhood Educational Theory and Practice, published and unpublished
Publications, essays, chilren's stories, transcripts of speeches and method manuals for educators. Many of the writings are specific to the kindergarten and the kindergarten movement and are written by prominent educators in the Kindergarten Movement and early-childhood education. Collection also includes writings and programs from the International Kindergarten Union and the National Kindergarten Association.