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The work of the school of Piracicaba, F. T. de Sousa Reis (Bol. Agr. 

 ISao Paulo], 20. set:, 1919, Nos. 6, pp. 179-190, figs. J,; 7, pp. 255-263, figs. 2).— 

 This is a discussion of the developments in organization and instruction of the 

 Luis de Queiroz School of Agriculture at Piracicaba, Brazil. 



General science and vocational education, A. W. Nolan (School Sci. and 

 Math., 20 (1920), No. 5, pp. ^5Jt-Jf56). — In the author's opinion there are in all 

 vocational work three phases of instruction to use in following out a curriculum, 

 which may be called the " three r's " of vocational education, viz, rules, reasons, 

 and related subjects. While, in a consideration of vocational methods to be 

 used, the strictly vocational point of view would emphasize the rules of pro- 

 cedure not only learned but carried out to assure skill in the manipulative proc- 

 esses, vocational efficiency and progress require that the student pursue his 

 training into the realm of reasons, principles, and related studies. It is here 

 that general science may tie up at every point in vocational etlucation, as a ref- 

 erence study, to give reasons, explain principles, and lead into related matter, 

 for every manipulative process of all the vocations under the Smith-Hughes Act. 

 The organization of general science subject matter, under this plan, is around 

 the job and its processes. Besides this reference use of general science, it should 

 be a required study in all vocational courses early in the course, either in the 

 junior high school or in the first year of the four-year high school. It should 

 precede or parallel the vocational courses as a separate subject for either one 

 or two years. From an agricultural point of view, the author favors two years 

 of general science paralleling the fii'St two years of vocational agriculture. 



The educational basis for junior extension work in agriculture and home 

 economics, J. H. Geeene (School Neivs and Pract. Ed., S3 (1920), Nos. 8, pp. 

 J^7It-Jt76; 9, pp. 531-635). — The author considers briefly four aims set up ten- 

 tatively as the educational goal of the Junior Farm and Home Bureau work, 

 the interests between the goal and the child, and some of tlie details of devis- 

 ing plans and methods and outlining subject matter which will serve to connect 

 these human nature traits or interests in the individual with the goal. 



A war-modified course of study for the public schools of Colorado. — III, 

 The world of nature and of man, M. C C Bkadfoed et ax. (Denver, Colo.: 

 Dept. Pub. Instr., 1918, vol. 3, pp. 179, figs. 15). — This contains outlines and sug- 

 gestions for Grades 1-8, inclusive, in geography, nature study, and science; 

 a preliminary outline for a two-year course in agriculture for rural schools; 

 suggestions for garden work in the public schools ; outlines of lessons in house- 

 hold arts in the elementary and secondary schools; and manual training and 

 vocational education. 



The school-book of farming, L. H. Bailey (2Vew York: The MacnHllan Co., 

 1920, pp. XI-\-388, pis. 12, figs. i^7).^This text is intended for the elementary 

 schools, homes, and clubs. Its object, as stated, is to develop a point of view 

 on farming and country life in the minds of the young, to explain relationships 

 of the parts, and to state the main reasons underlying the growing of the 

 leading crops and the raising of farm animals. In addition to the topics on the 

 leading farm and horticultural crops and the breeding and feeding of farm 

 animals, including horses and mules, cattle, swine, sheep, and goats, the fol- 

 lowing topics are studied : The farm and the farmer, the land, the soil, the 

 implements, the weather, the plant, the animal, the market, the community, 

 cropping, poultry, bees and honey, the dairy, and the home. Each topic is 

 followed by review questions, thought questions and inquiries, and special 

 problems. 



Illustrative material for teaching agriculture in the high school, D. L. 

 Reid (Bd. Vocat. Ed. III. Bui. 15 (1919), pp. ^7, fig^. 17).— This bulletin, which is 

 intended for the use of teachers of vocational agricultui-e, suggests useful 



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