Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-09-02
PRESENT EDUCA-
TIONAL TENDENCIES
How Schools of The Present Decide
The Nature of The Work TO
BE Given

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Continuation of last weeks report)
Courses of study are adapted to
the needs of the community. AS the
needs of the various groups of peo-
pie are studied and learned. those
things which are most beneficial to
each set are put into the course AS
il is recognized that there are differ
enttated groups in the community
such as professional men, business
men, farmers, trades men, etc, so
il is remembered that there are diff
ferent types of pupils, and that diff
ferent training in part is needed for
each group. The guiding aim IN each
case is to provide the child for intell-
igent participation in all the varied
activities of society. The training
is to be such that he will be able to
offer useful and efficient service as
a result of his school work. OF
course, it Ii not argued that the
child must be prepa-co only in such
a way to to be a good worker. 1t is
remembered as well that he is TO
mingle as a citizen and as a social
being, and that preparation is to be
made for this.
If this method were applied to our
own school, we would find first, that
quite few of our pupils are plan
ming to go to college. 1t is right
that the needs of these pupils should
be taken care of in their own special
way, and for them, the traditional
subjects of the high school serve
their purposes very well. Again, we
would find that from forty to fifty
per cent of our high school pupils
come from rural homes. II the right
kind of agricultural training is or
fered to them, they will realize what
a splendid opportunity exists for
them on the farms of Iowa, and they
will not only be contented to rema:n
on the farm, but will make $1,000
and $250.00 an acre land pay big
ger returns than ever before. Then
also, we would have to consider the
fact that teaching will be the pre-
dominating vocation of the girls az
ter they leave school. and that their
needs must be taken care of as they
are now provided for in our normal
training course. We would find too
that modern home making and dom
este science could be best taught II,
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changed social conditions were dis
cussed. For the same reason. we
would learn that manual activities
should constitute part of the
schools work. In addition, we
would decide that the boys and girls
who are to go into offices and bust
ness establishments have special
needs, and that they can be helped
most by being given certain CONNER
cial training.
BY attending carefully to all or
these needs, we can not only serve
the community as whole better,
but we can better take care of the in
dividual children. 1t is quite uni
versally agreed by our best educators
that the kinds of training named
above are the kinds which school
such as ours should give. Each of
these kinds will be discussed sepdr-
ately and somewhat in detail.
College Preparatory Work
To a considerable extent, prepar-
alton for college mas been a major
part of school work beretofor, al
though obviously, such work was
also given with the thought in mind
that mental training and develoment
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