Some Continuation Schools of Europe - Couverture rigide

Cooley, Edwin Gilbert

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1356173659 ISBN 13 : 9781356173655

Editeur : Palala Press, 2016

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Crefeld in the Rhine Province has a population of 110,000 inhabitants. It is a prominent manufacturing center, and is well supplied with industrial schools. Besides the usual elementary and secondary schools, it has an Industrial Art School, a Royal Weaving School, a Royal Dyeing School, and a well organized system of industrial continuation schools. In the following sketch I have tried to show what Crefeld is doing to care for its boys between the ages of fourteen and eighteen, who are compelled to leave school and enter the industries. I have tried, too, to show how the good people of Crefeld, while providing industrial education for their boys, have given careful attention to their physical, social and moral education. AIM OF THE SCHOOL. The industrial continuation school tries to equip young working men to meet the demands of the present economic life, as well as to furnish them general instruction during the important years between fourteen and eighteen. The problem of these schools is difficult in that the youth must be considered first, as an individual; second, as a member of a trade; and third, as a citizen of the state. The school tries to harmonize these points of view so as to make good men, efficient workers, and good citizens. The industrial continuation school applies the lever at the point of the boys greatest interest, his chosen vocation, turning to use the eager expectation and joyous ardor with which at fourteen he enters into industrial life. The ever changing demands of modern life with the corresponding changes in methods of production make the masters shop the best place to learn the practical side of a trade. The industrial continuation school has, however, provided school work-shops for some of the trades, not with the idea of replacing the masters instruction, but of supplementing it logically under technical leadership, thus makin
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palala Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1356173659
• ISBN 13: 9781356173655
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 54
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible