The Public School System of Gary, Ind (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

William Paxton Burris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0366552589 ISBN 13: 9780366552580

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from The Public School System of Gary, Ind

In this way the opportunity of the school to find employment for older pupils, in the industrial life of'the community is increased prac tically fourfold. Instead of such pupils being thrown upon the market at one time for one portion Of the year, a fourth Of them would be on the market all of the time. Thus, in connection with vocational departments, four pupils can take the place Of one regular continuous apprentice in shop or Office. The 36 weeks of fundamental experience in handling certain machines, for example, is to be rounded out by 12 weeks Of actual operation of machines in the industrial shops. This annual alternation Of schoolroom activities and practical experience would make school laboratories Of the shops, with an enormous saving in cost Of equipment. Not only this, but the capacity Of the school plant, with this four-quarter organization, is thereby increased, with corresponding reduction in the per capita cost and added advantages for children.

AS my language indicates, the above form of organization is an ideal toward which they are rapidly approaching. In a school sys tem which is in the making, one can not describe and explain the actual without reference to that which is definitely contemplated, and while the above is only one way in which it is preposed to solve the problem of vocational training, it is deserving Of mention here on account of its suggestiveness and practical feasibility. The actual manner in which they are solving this problem will be described in subsequent pages.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0366552589
• ISBN 13: 9780366552580
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 69