Indiana university. School of education

Indiana University offered education classes in Indianapolis starting in 1914. The IU School of Education was created in 1923. The Indianapolis campus first offered a baccalaureate degree in 1969. The IUPUI Division of Education in Indianapolis was established in 1972. In 1975 IU merged the IUPUI Division of Education and the IU School of Education in Bloomington into a single IU School of Education.

The Teacher Training Program at the University of the Panjab (now spelled Punjab) in Lahore, Pakistan operated during the period from 1959 to 1967. The program was sponsored by a grant from the International Cooperation Administration (which merged with USAID in 1961) and administered by the Indiana University School of Education. Initial members of the Indiana University team included Dr. Willis P. Porter as Campus Coordinator; Dr. Christian Jung from the School of Education as Chief of Party; Dr. Howard Batchelder, Dean of the School of Education, as a consultant and coordinator for the School of Education, and Dr. Lee H. Stoner, Dr. Mary P. Endres, and Dr. Boyd R. McCandless as advisors in the fields of secondary education, elementary education, and research and psychology, respectively. The Chief of Party position and advisor positions were one or two year appointments, so several other faculty members from IU were involved throughout the course of the project.

The purpose of this program was to develop an institute specifically geared towards training current and future teachers in Pakistan in all areas of education, from elementary and secondary to the industrial arts. Field research showed that existing teaching methods in Pakistan were too rigid and outdated, creating a great need for such an institute. The University of the Panjab was selected as the home for the Institute of Education and Research, and the Indiana University team was in charge of developing it from the ground up. Their responsibilities included providing advisory personnel and technical assistance to aid in the building, staffing, equipping, and operating of the Institute. This included constructing a new building for the Institute in 1962, developing curricula and degree programs, hiring faculty and staff, creating a research library, establishing a Research Wing to promote academic research in the field of Education, and creating a print shop to allow the printing and publishing of instructional materials and academic journals. The faculty at the Institute of Education and Research was also designed to serve as liaisons to the departments of education at other universities in Pakistan, and to serve the government by providing short courses, workshops, and conferences for teachers and administrators across the country.

Within the Institute the following degree programs were created: a one-year Master of Education degree (M.Ed.) with emphasis in primary education, secondary education, guidance, and educational psychology; a two-year M.Ed. degree (technical) in business education and industrial arts, and a two-year Master of Arts degree (M.A.) in the same areas as the one-year M.Ed. degree. A Ph.D. program was approved and developed, but could not be implemented before the termination of the contract in 1967. Training for these degrees often included taking part in a participant training program in which faculty, staff members, or selected students from the University of the Panjab were sent to the United States to receive additional training and coursework in their fields.

The Uruguay Mechanical and Electronic Engineering Education Program was sponsored by the Indiana University School of Education through a grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This program focused on upgrading the mechanical and electronic engineering divisions of the Universidad Del Trabajo in Montevideo, Uruguay.

The main goal of the program was to promote industrial education and specialized training in mechanical, electrical, and electronics skills. This was accomplished through the improvement of machine shop practices and techniques, the development of instructional courses in the use of electronics and mechanical production equipment, and the implementation of more efficient methods for assembly line production. The grant also provided necessary machinery and equipment, as well as upgrades to buildings and facilities on campus. Areas of focus included the automotive shop, foundry, and applied plastics departments.

The program began in 1964 and ended in 1966 upon the completion of the grant contract. It was led by Dr. H. Robert Kinker, a Professor of Education from Indiana University, along with Dr. H. Robert Graman, a Trade and Industrial Education Advisor from USAID, and David J. Hoffman, who served as a lecturer and advisor in Electronics. These representatives worked alongside faculty and administrators from the Universidad Del Trabajo in order to develop and instruct courses, as well as to create a plan for more efficient production techniques for students at the university. Upon its completion, the program's most significant contributions included the development of an educational program in the field of industrial electronics and the addition of machinery and supplies, which helped to increase student enrollment.