I._L._Kandel

Isaac Leon Kandel

Isaac Leon Kandel

American educator

Isaac Leon Kandel, M.A., Ph.D. (1881-1965) was an American educator born in Botoșani, Romania.[1] He studied at Manchester, England, Teachers College, Columbia University, and the University of Jena, (Germany). For several years, he taught at schools in Ireland, then became a scholar and teaching professor at Columbia (1908–10).

In 1914, Professor Kandel became a specialist of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He was a contributor to several encyclopedias, and the author of a number of books.

Books

  • Elementary Education in England (1914)
  • Federal Aid for Vocational Education (1917)
  • Education in Germany (1918)
  • Reports on Education in Great Britain, Ireland, Germany and France (1919)

References

  1. [1]
    "Isaac L. Kandel (1881–1965)". StateUniversity.com. Retrieved 20 February 2023.

Bibliography

  • Encyclopaedia Judaica
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  • For the definitive biography of Kandel, see J. Wesley Null, Peerless Educator: The Life and Work of Isaac Leon Kandel (New York Peter Lang, 2007).
  • For an anthology that includes many of Kandel's published writings, see J. Wesley Null and Diane Ravitch, Forgotten Heroes of American Education: The Great Tradition of Teaching Teachers (Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, 2006).


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