Date of Award
5-1937
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Degree Discipline
Arts and Science
Abstract
Before beginning a discussion that places so much emphasis on rural schools, I think a definition of the term, rural school, is essential. The rural school, as here understood, is one which is primarily concerned with the education of children on farms. The typical rural school is of the one-teacher type, although schools employing several teachers may well be included. The function of the rural school, "The objective of all effort for the improvement of rural education, must be if we hold allegiance to our American ideals, that the educational opportunities provided for children living in rural areas of our country be made the equivalent of those offered to children living in the most favored urban communities. The primary function of the rural school is explicitly recognized to be the provision of a standard education for rural children and youth, to which all other efforts are to be subordinated. This is the chief community service of the school as well as its fundamental educational objective. The best service of the school to the community, in other words, must always be found in the proper discharge of its specific educational function, that is, in making itself a good school for the education of its pupils.
Method of Securing Information: - In order to get a definite basis for formulating a supervisory program, it was very necessary to make a detailed study of the existing conditions of the schools and homes in the rural communities of Montgomery County. The study was limited to fourteen rural schools ranging from the one-type teacher school to schools employing as many as eight or more teachers, fourteen rural communities in which these schools are located, and the teachers who were employed in these schools.
Committee Chair/Advisor
A. C. Preston
Committee Member
T. R. Griffith
Committee Member
T. R. Griffith
Committee Member
M. S. Brannon
Committee Member
G. L. Harrison
Publisher
Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College
Rights
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Date of Digitization
9/2/2021
Contributing Institution
John B Coleman Library
City of Publication
Prairie View
MIME Type
Application/PDF
Recommended Citation
Southwell, N. A. (1937). The Jeanes Supervisory Program As It Affected The Administration And Supervision Of The Rural Schools And Rural Communities Of Montgomery County Over A Period Of Three Years 1934-1937. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/pvamu-theses/343