Vocational Education Volume 2 (Paperback)

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. 1913 Excerpt: ...of the child at stated periods during the day in order to afford him an opportunity for study, the total amount of time thus secured varying from four to eight hours a week. The continuation school recognizes that the vocational activities which engage the time and energies of the young wage workers are not likely to be educative in themselves. At all events it is conceded that these activities will hardly serve to stimulate further study without which genuine progress is practically impossible. It is, therefore, the peculiar province of the continuation school to make good, in some measure, these deficiencies in the young wage worker's occupation, as well as those in his previous schooling. Continuation schools vary to a considerable extent, but they may be classified roughly under three heads: First; there are those in which the worker may continue his study along the lines of the traditional courses which were interrupted when he left school. This work may duplicate exactly the regular school courses. Second; the worker may receive, in the continuation school, theoretical or informational instruction related to the specific industry in which he is engaged, the practical aspects which he encounters daily. The purpose of such instruction is to enable him to become not only more efficient in his work, but especially more intelligent in seeing its relation to the industry and to life in general, thus enabling him to become progressive and to advance to a higher grade of work in the same industry. Third; there are those schools which combine the specific vocational work with study of a more general or inspirational character. This latter may consist of various forms of entertainment, of interesting handwork, or of the historical study of the industry thru its...