Date of Award

4-1953

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Department

Educational Studies

First Advisor

Dr. George G. Mallinson

Access Setting

Masters Thesis-Open Access

Abstract

The Problem and Its Background

Introduction

It is common knowledge that education consists of more than training for academic achievement. It consists of teaching whole individuals how to live effectively in their social environments. Although it is almost impossible to teach them all the skills directly they can be helped to learn through experience a great number of them for themselves. These view-points with respect to the teaching of students are held not only by a great number of educational authorities but are also part of the educational practice of a great number of teachers. Jenkins, Shacter and Bauer1 believe that it is the job or the school, working in cooperation with the home, to teach each child to be a healthy individual. They use the word "healthy" in a broad, inclusive sense, namely, as follows:

"Recently we are meeting with increasing frequency such statements as the following, from the newly adopted constitution of the World Health Organization: Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."

Even the busy teacher of a large class, according to Jenkins et al2, can directly contribute much toward satisfying the emotional needs of the children in her classroom.

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