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Syllabus Of An Introductory Course On Part-time Education For Administrators And Teachers Of Special Classes To Be Established Under The Compulsory Part-time Education Act
University of California, Berkeley, Robert Josselyn Leonard, California. State Board of Education
Education; Counseling; Vocational Guidance; Education; Education / Counseling / Vocational Guidance; History / General; Vocational education
Some Facts Concerning the People, Industries and Schools of Hammond and a Suggested Program for Elementary, Industrial, Prevocational and Vocational Education
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Report of the Richmond, Indiana, survey for vocational education;
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Robert Josselyn Leonard was an American educator. During his career he served on a number of professional educational boards.
Background
Robert Josselyn Leonard was born on February, 5 1885 in San Jose, California, United States, the son of Joseph Howland and Ella Isabelle (Clark) Leonard. He was a descendant of James Leonard who came from Monmouthshire, England, in 1638, at the request of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, to survey the hills for iron; and settled in Taunton, Massachussets, where he set up an iron forge. Robert's father received the degree of M. D. at the University of Vermont (1861). Returning to his home in California, he lost everything in real-estate deals, retaining, however, his library, which included rarities like a complete file of the first San Francisco newspaper. After his death, Robert and his brother cared for their mother and sister. "Even so, " he wrote later, "I have not known the 'pinch' of poverty, due to a well-educated, loving and helpful mother who never let us feel poor. We had a wealth of good books, left from more prosperous times, 'freedom of spirit' and good companions. "
Education
Following a year at the San Jose High School, he entered the State Normal School in San Jose, from which he was graduated in 1904. From Columbia University he received his academic degrees: B. S. , 1912; A. M. , 1914; Ph. D. , 1923.
Career
Drawing and manual training engrossed him. Drawing he continued throughout his life; manual training gave him a lifelong interest in automobiles--his hobby; proficiency in manual arts gave him an opportunity to teach in Belmont School and later in Fresno.
In 1914 he was appointed to the chair of vocational education at the University of Indiana, the first such professorship ever established. That same year he analyzed the paper-box industry of New York City, making the first extensive occupational study with a view to determining the kind of education required for a specific industry. In 1915 he surveyed occupations in the state of Indiana and also in the cities of Hammond and Richmond. These studies resulted in his publishing several books: An Investigation of the Paper Box Industry to Determine the Possibility of Vocational Training (1915); A Study of the People of Indiana and Their Occupations (1915); Some Facts Concerning the People, Industries and Schools of Hammond, Indiana (1915); and Report of the Richmond, Indiana, Survey for Vocational Education (1916).
In 1917-1918 he was special agent of the Federal Board for Vocational Education; and as supervisor for the central states he traveled constantly, inaugurating and supervising schools for training teachers for the army, navy, and marine corps. This work was his contribution to the national defense. From 1918 to 1923 at the University of California he was professor of education, director of the division of vocational education, acting dean of the school of education (1921 - 1923), and University representative in educational relations (1921 - 1923). In this last capacity he advised the president and regents on matters of policy in all parts of the institution and proposed a plan for the reorganization of the University.
From 1923 to 1929 he was professor of education and director of the school of education in Teachers College, Columbia University. He directed surveys of the colleges of Maine, Florida, and the United Lutheran Church in America, as well as of many individual institutions. Believing profoundly in continuing education for all, he was one of the founders of the American Association for Adult Education, and during the last ten years of his life its object absorbed much of his interest. His addresses show that he was not in sympathy with much that is current in so-called progressive education, particularly in the elementary school, believing that it sugar-coated experience and cheapened real life values.
A memorial volume containing some of his discourses, An Outlook on Education, was published in 1930. He was the author, also, with others, of An Introductory Course on Part-time Education (1920); Data Sheets for Teachers' Course on Part-time Education (1920); and The Co-ordination of State Institutions for Higher Education Through Supplementary Curricula Boards (1923). After a severe attack of influenza he returned to his work too soon, suffered a relapse, and in a delirium fell from the window of his apartment.
Achievements
Leonard introduced industrial education into the Berkeley schools and into the Horace Mann School of Columbia University. He organized the first course in college administration in Teachers College, Columbia University. He was instrumental in the founding of the American Association for Adult Education. He also published numerous works on the subject of education.
