Brigham Young University. Dept. of Education (1947-1955)
In 1947, the College of Education created a new department with an amalgam of coursework from several other departments in the college and named it the Department of Education. Its coursework served to cover a general study in education and included the social foundations of education, statistics, general school organization and administration, educational psychology, safety education, tests & measurements, audio visual instruction, and character education. In 1955, the department was dissolved and its coursework absorbed by the Department of Educational Research and Services, the Department of Instruction, and the Department of Educational Administration.
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Variant names
Brigham Young University. College of Education. Education Dept.
Brigham Young University. College of Education. Dept. of Education (1947-1955)
Description
Established: 1947
Abolished: 1955
Location: Provo, Utah (1947-1955)
Functions
The Department of Education was responsible for teaching courses in the general education practice and theory.
Assets and Administrative Structure
The Department of Education was a department in the College of Education. Reuben D. Law served as department chair from 1953 to 1955.
Associated Units
Superior unit: Brigham Young University. College of Education (1947-1955)
Later unit: Brigham Young University. College of Education. Dept. of Instruction (1955)
Later unit: Brigham Young University. College of Education. Dept. of Educational Administration (1922-1962) (1955)
Later unit: Brigham Young University. College of Education. Dept. of Educational Research and Services (1955)
Associated Archival Materials
Subject of: Address Recordings, 1938-1966 (UA 750)
Sources
Brigham Young University Annual Catalog 1947-1948: p. 212 (part of the College of Education) p. 223-229 (Dept. of Education, courses listed)
Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1955-1956: p. 168 (Dept. of Instruction) p. 177 (Dept. of Educational Administration) p. 179 (Dept. of Educational Research and Services)
Brigham Young University, 1975: v. 4, p. 508 (department chair: Reuben D. Law, 1953-1955)
Maintenance Information
Record ID: EAC-2009-00136
Creator: UPB