This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ... variety of experiences that the versatility of our pupil group demands. Just to the extent that we provide a differentiated course of study in our seventh and eighth years, concurrent with the advent of adolescence, we are providing a scheme of education which is essentially democratic because of its adaptability to ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ... variety of experiences that the versatility of our pupil group demands. Just to the extent that we provide a differentiated course of study in our seventh and eighth years, concurrent with the advent of adolescence, we are providing a scheme of education which is essentially democratic because of its adaptability to the varying needs and abilities of the pupils. Until recently, our educational scheme has been influenced, if not controlled, by certain fatuous assumptions concerning equality of abilities, similarity of inclination, and identity of prospective social destination. It is true that our elementary school system has been, and is, definitely prevocational with reference to pupils entering professional life, and to some extent, to those entering commercial life. But until recently, little attention has been given to the adolescent pupils of our upper grades whose inclinations, abilities, and prospective placement among the toilers of the world, demand that we provide within the limits of the elementary grades, a type of experience in the elements of fundamental trades which will enable these pupils to discover whether or not they are fitted to do industrial work, and which will also enable them to gain an insight into conditions of industry under which work must be done. Those of our readers who are interested in this vital movement of education, will find in this volume an adequate and scholarly treatment of the subject. W. L. Ettinger. New York City. Meyer Bloomfield. Youth, School, and Vocation, with an introduction by Henry Suzzalo. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1915. Pp. 273. In the introduction to this book, Dr. Suzzalo defines the movement for vocational guidance as "another stage in the effort to equalize opportunity for the childr...
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