Kandel, I.L. (Isaac Leon), 1881-1965

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From the description of Reminiscences of Isaac Leon Kandel : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309743900

American educator; editor, School and Society, 1947-1953.

From the description of I. L. Kandel papers, 1915-1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872104

Biographical Note

  • 1881: Born, Romania
  • 1905: M.A., University of Manchester, United Kingdom
  • 1907: Travelled to Germany to study with the Herbartian educational theorist Wilhelm Rein at the University of Jena
  • 1908: Moved to the U.S., New York
  • 1909 - 1913 : Lecturer at the Teachers' College, Columbia University Assistant editor of Cyclopedia of Education
  • 1910: PhD, Teachers College, Columbia University, dissertation titled: "The Training of Elementary School Teachers in Germany"
  • 1914 - 1923 : Researcher, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
  • 1923 - 1946 : Chair, History of Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
  • 1924 - 1944 : Editor of Educational Yearbook
  • 1930: Author, History of Secondary Education
  • 1933: Author, Comparative Education
  • 1935: Author, The Making of Nazis
  • 1937: Awarded a Doctor of Letters degree by University of Melbourne, Australia and the Legion of Honor Chevalier (Knight) by the French government
  • 1937 - 1946 : Member of the United States National Committee on Intellectual Cooperation
  • 1938: Author, Conflicting Theories of Education
  • 1946: Awarded a Doctor of Laws degree by the University of North Carolina
  • 1946 - 1953 : Editor, School and Society
  • 1946 - 1962 : Writer, editor and consultant for the United Nations and UNESCO
  • 1946: Part of the United States educational mission to Japan
  • 1948: Author, Education in an Era of Transition
  • 1948 - 1950 : First professor of American Studies at Manchester University
  • 1951: Author, Raising the School-leaving Age, series of six books issued by UNESCO
  • 1955: Author, The New Era in Education: a Comparative Study
  • 1965: Died in Geneva, Switzerland

From the guide to the Isaac Leon Kandel Papers, 1915-1966, (Hoover Institution Archives)

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creatorOf Kandel, I. L. (Isaac Leon), 1881-1965. I. L. Kandel papers, 1915-1966. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
creatorOf Kandel, I. L. (Isaac Leon), 1881-1965. Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1940. University of Pennsylvania Library
creatorOf Kandel, I. L. (Isaac Leon), 1881-1965. Reminiscences of Isaac Leon Kandel : oral history, 1962. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Isaac Leon Kandel Papers, 1915-1966 Hoover Institution Archives
referencedIn Proctor, Arthur Marcus, 1886-1955. Papers, [ca. 1931-1930]. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
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Death 1965

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