Riverside Educational Monographs
EDITED BY HENRY SUZZALLO
PROFESSOR OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
NEW IDEALS IN RURAL SCHOOLS
BY
GEORGE HERBERT BETTS, Ph.D.
PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY
CORNELL COLLEGE, IOWA
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
BOSTON, NEW YORK AND CHICAGO
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
CONTENTS
- Editor's Introductionv
- Prefaceix
- I.The Rural School and Its Problem1
- II.The Social Organization of the Rural School25
- III.The Curriculum of the Rural School57
- IV.The Teaching of the Rural School92
- Outline121
EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION
In presenting a second monograph on the rural school problem in this series we register our sense of the importance of rural education. Too long have the rural schools suffered from neglect. Both the local communities and the State have overlooked the needs of the rural school system. At the present hour there is an earnest awakening of interest in rural life and its institutions. Already there is a small but certain movement of people toward the country and the vocation of agriculture. A period of agricultural prosperity, the reaction of men and women against the artificialities of city life, the development of farming through the application of science, and numerous other factors have made country life more congenial and have focused attention upon its further needs. It is natural, therefore, that the rural school should receive an increased share of attention.
Educational administrators, legislators, and publicists have become aware of their responsibility to provide th