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Hadow (1933)

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Notes on the text
Preliminary pages (i-xxvi)
Membership, Analysis, Preface, Introduction
Chapter I (1-46)
History of the development of infant education
Chapter II (47-68)
Physical development of children up to 7
Chapter III (69-85)
Mental development of children up to 7
Chapter IV (86-97)
Age limits and organisation of the infant stage
Chapter V (98-115)
Medical supervision, education and training of under 5s
Chapter VI (116-148)
Training and teaching of children in infant and nursery schools
Chapter VII (149-158)
Staffing of infant and nursery schools, training of teachers
Chapter VIII (159-172)
Premises and equipment of infant and nursery schools
Chapter IX (173-197)
Summary of principal conclusions and recommendations
Appendix I (198-214)
List of witnesses
Appendix II (215-243)
Anatomical and physiological characteristics (Harris)
Appendix III (244-251)
Emotional development of children up to 7+ (Burt and Isaacs)
Appendix IV (252-264)
Notes on typical nursery schools and classes
Appendix V (265-266)
Manchester's student nurse scheme for 'helpers'
Appendix VI (267-272)
Practice in Europe and US
Index (273-282)

The Hadow Report (1933)
Infant and Nursery Schools

London: HM Stationery Office

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INDEX

PAGE
Absences from school of young children97
Acceleration in physical growth49, 52
Accommodation in various institutions for young children99
Activities
    in the Infant School13, 122, 137
    in the Nursery School and Class102, 117
    open-air124
Admission classes93
Anatomical characteristics of young children215
Andreae, JV1
Anger in children74, 79
Apparatus
    Didactic142
    Gymnastic170
Appetitive tendencies76, 118
Ardwick Nursery School37
Aristotle28
Arithmetic135
Arnold, Matthew3
Attainments at end of infant stage33, 132, 145
Attendance
    at Public Elementary and Nursery Schools45, 100
    average attendance in Infant Schools97
    historical references regarding20, 21, 22, 28
    school attendance bye-laws86
    under the age of five29, 30, 32, 36, 112
Attention84
Auditory aids to teaching172
Austria267
Baby Classes44, 108, 116, 261
Baker, C12
Baths103
Beds169
Belgium267
Bilingualism in Wales146
Birchenough, Mr Cxii
Blankenburg24
Books for Infant Schools170
Bradford, provision for children under five at106
'Breaks'
    at the age of five87, 107, 111, 116
    at the age of seven in rural areas89

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British and Foreign School Society3
Brougham, Lord5, 12
Building Regulations23, 159
Burt, Professor Cyril133, 244
Caretaking170
Chairs and tables169
Child guidance clinics93
Childishness123, 132
Circular to Inspectors (6th February 1893)27, 30
Class records95
Class teaching91
Classification
    of children in the Infant School90, 138
    of retarded children94
Cloakrooms164
Collyhurst Nursery School257
Coirault, Madame A269
Comenius1, 24, 268
Committee of Council on Education15
Conclusions and Recommendations173-95
Construction of school buildings166
Constructive imagination83
Constructive work in Infant Schools129
Consultative Committee's Report on School attendance below the age of five (1908)35
Continuity in Primary Education86, 121
Control, accuracy of81
Cooper, Thomas4
Co-operation between parents and the school35, 96, 117, 170
Cost
    of Nursery Schools43, 167
    of Provision for children below five111
Creative work in Infant Schools43, 167
'Cross' Commission29
Cross ventilation160, 166
'Culture epoch' theory75
Cumin, P29
Cupboards109, 164
'Curriculum' in Infant Schools32, 122
Czechoslovakia268
Dame Schools2, 4, 16, 17, 21
Day Nurseries100
Decoration of schools164
Decroly, Dr O45

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Denby Street Nursery School, Sheffield257
Design of Infant School buildings161
Desks in Infant Schools124, 169
Destructiveness in children74
Detmold, Infant School at2
Dewey, Professor40, 139
Dialect127
Diels, Heer PA271
Diet51, 56, 57, 67, 101
Discipline105, 143
Diseases in childhood52, 55, 58, 60-8
Dramatisation129
Drawing130
Drying closets164
Ear
    physiological references regarding the59, 62
    training for the77
Edgeworth, Richard and Maria1
Education Act 191837
Emotional development73, 78, 84, 244
Environment
    in Nursery Schools and Classes117
    influence on mental development of76, 119
    influence on physical growth of49, 112
    open-air125-6, 141
Equipment
    in Baby Classes108
    in Infant and Nursery Schools126, 169
Eurhythmia128
Exercise and movement59
Eye
    physiological references regarding the59, 61
    training for the77
Factories and mines, employment of children in15, 21
Findlay, Prof JJ40
Fletcher, J3, 11, 12, 14
Food, digestion and excretion of73, 74, 76
Formal instruction133
France269
Free Kindergartens34
Froebel1, 24, 129, 133, 139
Froebel Society25
'Galleries', Infant7, 23
Gap in medical supervision98, 101, 111, 112, 113-4, 124

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Garden playgrounds106, 163, 168
General records of children's development95
Genital type of growth51, 58
Germany269
Gesell, Dr Arnold97
Glasgow Infant School Society9
Gott, S1
Gramophones172
Grants86, 97
Group teaching and training
    in Infant Schools91, 144
    in Nursery Schools and Classes120
Gymnastic apparatus170
Hair, the65
Halls, school160
Harris, Professor HA51, 215
Headteachers150-2
Health Authorities98
Health Visitors99
Hearing59, 62, 70, 80
Heating166, 169
Height of rooms169
'Helpers'150, 152, 156-8
Higher mental processes83-4
Holland (Netherlands)270
Home and Colonial Infant School Society10, 16, 25
Home visiting98
Hopkins, Sir Gowland, DSc, PRS56, 223
'Horizontal' classification138
Hot water164
Housecraft in Senior Schools113
Housing conditions112, 114, 117
Huxley, Prof TH20
Hygiene, personal118
Imagination78, 83
Individual training and work91, 142
Infant Class and Division90
Infant School Society6
Infant Schools
    activities in108, 121-48
    design of161
    grants for97
    history of1-46
Infant Welfare Centres99, 113

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Inherited tendencies76
Instructions to Inspectors19, 26
Intelligence, development of73, 121-4
Internal organisation
    of Infant Schools90, 137-9
    of Infant Schools in bilingual areas of Wales147-8
Isaacs, Dr Susan84, 244
Jeffrey, Lord12
Kay-Shuttleworth, Sir James15
Kindergarten24, 27-8, 31, 34
Kitchens164, 167
Lancaster, Joseph3, 4
Language83, 85, 131
Lavatories163, 167
Left-handedness81
Leibniz, GW1
Leicester, Nursery Classes in42, 110, 259
Lessons, length of26, 84, 138, 144
Lippert, Dr E268
Lowe Code18, 90
Lymphoid type of growth51, 58
'Make-believe'78, 83, 120
Manchester
    Nursery classes at42, 109, 110, 260
    Student-nurses (helpers) in nursery classes at157, 265
Margaret McMillan37, 101, 139, 161
Materials
    for use in Infant Schools126
    for use in Nursery Schools and Classes169
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres39, 98, 113
Mather, Sir William34
Mayo, Miss E10
Mayo, Rev C10
Meals
    food provided in school57
    in Nursery Schools103, 110
Medical Inspection38
Medical records96
Medical supervision38, 98, 104, 110, 112, 113-4
Mellanby, Mrs68
Mellanby, Prof E68
Memory83, 130
Mental deficiency117
Mental development in young children69, 95
Method, the Montessori40, 104, 141

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Methods of instruction
    in Nursery Schools104-5
    in Primary Schools75, 87, 91
Methorst, Heer HW271
Milk57, 110
Mitchell, Rev MS24
'Monitorial' schools2, 3, 15
Montessori, Dottoressa Maria40, 77, 141
Montessori methods40-1, 104, 120, 141
Motor development in young children71, 77
Muscle sense79
Muscular activity in young children77, 118
Music128
National Froebel Union25
National Society3
Netherlands (Holland)270
Neural type of growth51, 58
'Newcastle' Commission (1861)17
Notting Hill Nursery School256
Nursery Classes
    accommodation in schools for163
    examples of259-61
    general description of109-10
    premises for167
    staffing in150, 151
Nursery Schools
    aim and function of42-5, 102-5, 112
    development of87, 108, 114-5
    examples of252-8
    grants for97
    historical development of9, 13, 17, 33-8, 42-5
    legislative powers to supply42, 101-2, 113
    premises for167-9
    size of107
    staffing in150, 151
    types of106
Nursery Schools and Classes
    activities in117-21
    differences between110-11
    function and aims112, 117
    general conclusions regarding113-5
    'helpers' for156-8
Nursery Stage29
'Nurture' of young children 102, 114
Oberlin, JF2
Observation in young children82
Offices164, 167
Open-air
    activities5, 38, 124-6
    schools34, 37, 38, 44, 160, 166, 168-9
Open-days97

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Oral lessons114
Owen, Miss Grace102
Owen, Robert2, 4
Parallel classes91
Parental responsibility105
Parents' Associations96, 105
Paulinenanstalt2
Perception in young children82
Personal hygiene76, 118
Pestalozzi1, 6
Physical growth in young children47-68, 96
Physical welfare of children12-4, 30, 117, 124
Physiological characteristics of young children215-43
Piaget, J84
Pianos172
Picture books171
Pictures in schools109, 172
Play75, 79, 83, 125, 163
Playgrounds
    historical references regarding7, 8
    provision and use of88, 163
Playrooms167
Poetry128, 132
Premises for young children23, 109-10, 126, 141, 159-69
Princeville Nursery School, Bradford252
Probationary year of teachers155
Problems, arithmetical137
'Projects'40, 145
Provision for children under five113-5
Rachel McMillan Nursery School, Deptford37, 106, 107, 169, 254
Raikes, Robert3
Re-active tendencies76
Reading133-4
Reasoning84
'Recapitulation' theory75
Reception Classes93
Recommendations and Conclusions173-95
Reference Committee on School Decoration164
Religious Instruction130
Regulations for Nursery Schools42-3
Remodelling old school buildings165
Reorganisation of schools89
Reproductive imagination83
Rest131

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Retardation in physical growth49, 51, 55
Retarded children93-4, 97, 138
Rhythm81, 128
Rigg, Rev Dr20, 22
Robson, ER22, 23
Rousseau, JJ1
Rural Areas
    medical supervision of children in101, 11
    provision for children under five in111
    school organisation in66-7, 89-90
    school premises in165
Rusk, Dr RRxii
Salford Day Nursery34
Sanitary arrangements163
School maintenance170
School records94, 95, 143
Secondary Schools, curriculum in154
Séguin, E41
Semi-permanent buildings166
Sense training in the Nursery School119-20
Sensory development70, 77, 82, 119
Separate schools for infants and older children89
Sharpe Rev TW29
Shelters14, 106, 141, 169
Short courses for teachers156
Singing128
Sites
    for Infant Schools165
    for Nursery Schools168
Size of classes110, 149
Size of classrooms162, 167
Size of Nursery Schools43, 107, 168
Skeletal type of growth50, 52-4, 58
Skin64-6
Sleep60, 131
Small schools, staffing in80-90, 150-1
Social influence of the Nursery School105
Social instincts in young children121
Social needs for the Nursery School and Class111-3
Space
    in nursery classes167
    in nursery schools168
    need for adequate121, 162
Speech
    development of72, 122
    training in127-8

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Speed of movement in young children80
Spelling135
Staffing
    in Infant Schools149-52
    in Nursery Schools106, 110, 152
Stammering81
Standards of attainment145-6
Statistics29, 32, 45-6
Storage space164
Stories128, 131
Story books171
Strength in young children80
Student Nurses in Manchester (see also 'Helpers')265-6
Sunday Schools2, 16, 17
Sunshine, exposure to66, 119
Stow, David7
Superintendents of Nursery Schools156
Sweden271
Switzerland271
Systems of infant education
    Dewey's40
    Froebel's24, 104
    Montessori's40, 104
    Stow's7
    Wilderspin's6
    Wilson's6
Tables and chairs169
Tables, arithmetical136
Teachers
    for Infant Schools150-2
    joint staff meetings between88
    part played in Individual Work by142-3
    qualifications and characteristics needed in131, 145, 146, 153
Teeth in young children67-8
Thought in young children78
Three R's75, 132-7
Timetables137-8
'Toddlers' Clinics'99
Touch, sense of77, 79
Towels, supply of170
Toys120, 169
Training in the Nursery Stage118-21
Training of teachers
    general discussion on152-6
    historical references regarding10, 17, 18, 44
Transfer at the age of seven33, 87-9, 95

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United States of America97, 271
'Vertical' classification92, 138
Vienna267
Vision in young children59, 61-2, 70, 80
Visiting teachers151
Visual aids to teaching172
Vitamins68
Walking, development of71, 76
Wallace, Dr Sim67
Welsh146-8
White, E Kirke4
Wilderspin, Samuel6
Windows165, 166
Women Inspectors, Reports by (1905)31
'Work' type of reading book171
Wragge, Miss A35
Writing134-5

Appendix VI