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T U E S D A Y . S E P T E M B E R 28, 1965
Rural Child Said On Equal Basis
A survey on the education, em-payability
and social development
of the rural child in the
area surrounding Red Deer indicates
the rural child has as
many advantages as the city
child.
Parents who responded to the
survey indicated a clear preference
for country living.
Mrs. T. J . Parkinson, who eon-ducted
the survey for the Alberta
committee of the Canadian Conference
on Children, points out
that her survey, taken in a prosperous
farming area, is not typical
of other rural areas in Alberta
and Canada where conditions
are less prosperous.
Groups supplying answers for
Mrs. Parkinson's survey included
the Women Institute, the Farm
Women's Union of Alberta and
Home and School organizations.
With the passing of the one-room
school house, rural children
are now being educated in consolidated
schools and their educational
opportunities generally are
equal to the opportunities offered
city children.
Staffing the schools remains a
problem, partly because teachers
prefer the amenities offered in
city living but also because many
teachers are married women
with children and live in the city
in which their husbands are em-ploved.
PURPOSE OF EDUCATION
Asked whether the purpose of
education was to prepare fjr
occupations, to meet social obligations,
or for knowledge, the
rural parents felt education for
the sake of knowledge was the
least important. They rated edu
cation for employment the most
important.
Most parents expressed the
hope their children would receive
further education after completing
high school and there was
no feeling that girls should remain
at home.
Quest ioned whether they preferred
selective education which
allows different courses for students
or an open education in
which all students follow the
same pattern, the parents expressed
a preference for selective
education.
They also felt education should
meet the needs of the individual,
not the needs of l o c a l society
or Canadian society.
Mrs. Parkinson found the school , j
bus serves the same function for
the rural child that the coffee
shop does for the city child. Ideas
are exchanged and the teen subculture
developed.
The school bus is not quite so
satisfactory for the smaller child
who is away from home from
8 a. m. to 5 p. m., but most parents
felt this is necessary if
chddren are to attend the centralized
school.
That the rural child is culturally
deprived, a widely held belief,
was not supported in M r s .
Parkinson's survey.
The percentage of country children
registered in Sunday school
is the same as that in the city;
libraries are available and their
use, like city libraries, depends
on the librarian and the parents;
parents drive many miles for
music lessons, and youth groups
are popular.
Parents also make an effort
to give their children the opportunity
to learn to s w i m and
skate. In rural communities, parents
often form car pools to
transport children to their activities.
Asked to list advantages of
country living for children, the
parents said the children become
more independent and responsible
for their share of farm tasks,
they develop more initiative; families
are closer together because
they do things and go places
together; the influence of the
father is greater, especially on
sons who know what work he
does and work with him; and
the need to conform is not so
pressing.
People in villages and less prosperous
areas were not as enthusiastic
about rural Life.
Mrs. Parkinson does not believe
rural living is synonymous with
poverty, unemployment and lack
of education. She has found the
affluent rural society prepares
its young people for the future
at least as well as the urban
society.
Mrs. Parkinson has also eon-ducted
a survey on family life
education and all those asked if
/ 96S December
SUNDAY
19
£
some form of family living is
necessary or would be helpful
said yes.
Asked who should receive this
education, adults felt high school
students and engaged and newly-wed
couples were equally important.
Afier that came young
single adults, junior high school
students, parents and elementary
school children.
Teenagers' fir. it choice was
high school students, followed by
junior high, engaged or newly-wed
couples; young single adults,
elementary school children and
parents.
Adults and teenagers favored
the instruction being given in
schools, after which the choice
was voluntary bodies w i th
churches listed last. Many favored
a co- operative effort using
the knowledge of various people.
Preference for subjects taught
were family relationships first,
followed by sex and then money.
These surveys will be presented
to the Canadian Conference on|
Children which Mrs. Parkinson
will attend as an Alberta delegate,
to be held in Montreal at
the beginning of October.
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| Title | Pine Lake History - 1956-1975 |
| Subject | AWI; Pine Lake Branch |
| Description | Branch History |
| Language | en |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Type | text |
| Source | Alberta Women's Institutes |
| Identifier | awi0811092 |
| Date | 2007 |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
Description
| Title | Page 89 |
| Format | application/pdf |
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| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
| Transcript | T U E S D A Y . S E P T E M B E R 28, 1965 Rural Child Said On Equal Basis A survey on the education, em-payability and social development of the rural child in the area surrounding Red Deer indicates the rural child has as many advantages as the city child. Parents who responded to the survey indicated a clear preference for country living. Mrs. T. J . Parkinson, who eon-ducted the survey for the Alberta committee of the Canadian Conference on Children, points out that her survey, taken in a prosperous farming area, is not typical of other rural areas in Alberta and Canada where conditions are less prosperous. Groups supplying answers for Mrs. Parkinson's survey included the Women Institute, the Farm Women's Union of Alberta and Home and School organizations. With the passing of the one-room school house, rural children are now being educated in consolidated schools and their educational opportunities generally are equal to the opportunities offered city children. Staffing the schools remains a problem, partly because teachers prefer the amenities offered in city living but also because many teachers are married women with children and live in the city in which their husbands are em-ploved. PURPOSE OF EDUCATION Asked whether the purpose of education was to prepare fjr occupations, to meet social obligations, or for knowledge, the rural parents felt education for the sake of knowledge was the least important. They rated edu cation for employment the most important. Most parents expressed the hope their children would receive further education after completing high school and there was no feeling that girls should remain at home. Quest ioned whether they preferred selective education which allows different courses for students or an open education in which all students follow the same pattern, the parents expressed a preference for selective education. They also felt education should meet the needs of the individual, not the needs of l o c a l society or Canadian society. Mrs. Parkinson found the school , j bus serves the same function for the rural child that the coffee shop does for the city child. Ideas are exchanged and the teen subculture developed. The school bus is not quite so satisfactory for the smaller child who is away from home from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m., but most parents felt this is necessary if chddren are to attend the centralized school. That the rural child is culturally deprived, a widely held belief, was not supported in M r s . Parkinson's survey. The percentage of country children registered in Sunday school is the same as that in the city; libraries are available and their use, like city libraries, depends on the librarian and the parents; parents drive many miles for music lessons, and youth groups are popular. Parents also make an effort to give their children the opportunity to learn to s w i m and skate. In rural communities, parents often form car pools to transport children to their activities. Asked to list advantages of country living for children, the parents said the children become more independent and responsible for their share of farm tasks, they develop more initiative; families are closer together because they do things and go places together; the influence of the father is greater, especially on sons who know what work he does and work with him; and the need to conform is not so pressing. People in villages and less prosperous areas were not as enthusiastic about rural Life. Mrs. Parkinson does not believe rural living is synonymous with poverty, unemployment and lack of education. She has found the affluent rural society prepares its young people for the future at least as well as the urban society. Mrs. Parkinson has also eon-ducted a survey on family life education and all those asked if / 96S December SUNDAY 19 £ some form of family living is necessary or would be helpful said yes. Asked who should receive this education, adults felt high school students and engaged and newly-wed couples were equally important. Afier that came young single adults, junior high school students, parents and elementary school children. Teenagers' fir. it choice was high school students, followed by junior high, engaged or newly-wed couples; young single adults, elementary school children and parents. Adults and teenagers favored the instruction being given in schools, after which the choice was voluntary bodies w i th churches listed last. Many favored a co- operative effort using the knowledge of various people. Preference for subjects taught were family relationships first, followed by sex and then money. These surveys will be presented to the Canadian Conference on| Children which Mrs. Parkinson will attend as an Alberta delegate, to be held in Montreal at the beginning of October. S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 B 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3 1 - jXVuu ^ fu> njD ^ cdkJb US. ^ xn, CYSTICA' / O^ CUyrO JJUsflM ~ J^ JHC' |
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