Vocational Education

By JOHN M. GILLETTE, Professor of Sociology in the State University of North Dakota $1.00

IN this volume is presented for teachers, superintendents, and teachers' reading circles an illuminating discussion of the present general movement for vocational education. By this phrase is meant not only industrial education; but all the training courses needed to meet the practical demands of life.

The author explains at some length the principles, demands, and methods of vocational education; he states the grounds upon which hopes of success may reasonably rest; he indicates some actual results gained by schools conducted on more practical lines; and he points out others which would follow upon the reorganization of our educational system in general.

The vocationalizing of the schools has regard to the constitution, inclination and ability of the individual, and is intended to give him suitable training for his niche in life, to show him how he can make the most of himself and in what line he can prove himself most productive to society At the same time, this scheme of education does not ignore the informational, the cultural, and the disciplinary aspects-it insists that the individual be fitted for good citizenship. The introduction of vocational education into the public school system of the United States, with the curriculum adapted to the chief kinds of occupation belonging to each community, will mean greater development and power for the country. From vocational education, introduced to meet the differing community needs, will result greater efficiency and better appreciation of the schools, increased attendance of pupils, greater compensation for teachers, greater productiveness, higher wages, and improved society.

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