BOBBITT, JOHN FRANKLIN: 1876-
Born in southern Indiana on Feb. 16, 1876, John Franklin Bobbitt graduated from Indiana University in 1901 and received the Ph.D. degree from Clark University in 1909. He married Mabel Deiwert.
From 1893 to 1902 he was a teacher in rural and village schools, from 1902 to 1909 in the Philippine Normal School at Manila, and after 1909 was associated with the University of Chicago, serving as professor of education from 1918 to 1941. Mr. Bobbitt was a director of numerous school surveys.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- Growth of Philippine Children. Worcester,
Mass., 1909.
- San Antonio Public School System: A Survey.
San Antonio, Tex., 1915.
- What the Schools Teach and Might Teach.
Cleveland, O., 1915.
- The Curriculum. Boston, 1918.
- Curriculum-Making in Los Angeles.
Chicago, 1922.
- How to Make a Curriculum.
Boston, 1924.
- Curriculum Investigations (with others).
Chicago, 1926.
- Patty, William L. Study of Mechanism in Education.
New York, 1938.
- The Curriculum of Modern Education. New
York, 1941.
