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Your Child and School School- School PreSchool Programs Get Attention Money By David UPI Education Special Parents are naturally most interested in those things which directly affect their children It Itis Itis Itis is also important to consider some of the broad issues which affect education in general Obviously these issues even even- eventually eventually affect each individual child There is a major revolution on the scene Extensive interest and money is being directed towards the education of o pre preschool school and primary grade children There is a great deal of evidence that these are the most productive years in the development of social and academic attitudes It is felt that these are the years which may determine the childs child's future success or failure THE RESULT IS that a great deal of money Is being poured in in- into into to programs for children at the school pre and primary school levels The programs seem to tobe tobe tobe be designed around the ideas that children need a variety of experiences and self confidence self confidence if they are going to be successful students There are some gome important questions which should be answered regarding these pro pro- programs grams WHAT ARE THE TEE REAL differ differ- differences differences differences between the children who learn with relative ease and those who have difficulties Before we can successfully meet the needs of children from disadvantaged disadvantaged homes and areas we must identify the specific things which are lacking A connected question which must be an an- answered is whether or not the school structure and instruction is the cause of the problem All children have experiences regardless of their family background The child who comes from a poor home in a city slum has experiences which the child from a middle class suburban home may never have Perhaps the problem develops when both of these children arrive at a school and the program is planned for the middle class child The books include stories about events and things which a city child may never have seen The arithmetic problems concern things which the city child cannot picture in his mind because he has never neverseen neverseen neverseen seen them If advantage is to be taken of the present interest and money there is a need for some good research programs to find answers to these and other basic questions This movement in education has been coming for a long time We cannot afford to waste it it 4
Object Description
| Title | Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1967-06-15 |
| Description | 59th Year, No. 229 |
| Subject |
Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
| Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Date | 1967-06-15 |
| Type | Newspapers |
| Format | |
| Collection Name | Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missour Library Systems |
| Rights | These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for distribution or publication. |
| Contributing Institution |
State Historical Society of Missouri University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Journalism |
| Copy Request | Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |
| County |
Boone County (Mo.) |
Description
| Title | Columbia Missourian 1967-06-15 Pre-School Programs Get Attention, Money |
| Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Date | 1967-06-15 |
| Type | article |
| Format | |
| Collection Name | Is part of Columbia Missourian Collection |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missour Library Systems |
| Item.Transcript | Your Child and School School- School PreSchool Programs Get Attention Money By David UPI Education Special Parents are naturally most interested in those things which directly affect their children It Itis Itis Itis is also important to consider some of the broad issues which affect education in general Obviously these issues even even- eventually eventually affect each individual child There is a major revolution on the scene Extensive interest and money is being directed towards the education of o pre preschool school and primary grade children There is a great deal of evidence that these are the most productive years in the development of social and academic attitudes It is felt that these are the years which may determine the childs child's future success or failure THE RESULT IS that a great deal of money Is being poured in in- into into to programs for children at the school pre and primary school levels The programs seem to tobe tobe tobe be designed around the ideas that children need a variety of experiences and self confidence self confidence if they are going to be successful students There are some gome important questions which should be answered regarding these pro pro- programs grams WHAT ARE THE TEE REAL differ differ- differences differences differences between the children who learn with relative ease and those who have difficulties Before we can successfully meet the needs of children from disadvantaged disadvantaged homes and areas we must identify the specific things which are lacking A connected question which must be an an- answered is whether or not the school structure and instruction is the cause of the problem All children have experiences regardless of their family background The child who comes from a poor home in a city slum has experiences which the child from a middle class suburban home may never have Perhaps the problem develops when both of these children arrive at a school and the program is planned for the middle class child The books include stories about events and things which a city child may never have seen The arithmetic problems concern things which the city child cannot picture in his mind because he has never neverseen neverseen neverseen seen them If advantage is to be taken of the present interest and money there is a need for some good research programs to find answers to these and other basic questions This movement in education has been coming for a long time We cannot afford to waste it it 4 |
| Contributing Institution | State Historical Society of Missouri <br> University of Missouri School of Journalism |
| Copy Request | Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |
