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A sociological approach to education: A revision of community backgrounds of education.Hamlets, villages, and towns.

A sociological approach to education: A revision of community backgrounds of education.: Hamlets,... "Our mountain men," writes a student, "are almost incapable of concerted action. They are knit together, man to man, but not as a body of men." The same cannot be said of the nation's hamlets, villages, and towns. Here is loyalty, not only to kin and friend, but to the area as a whole. Here are traditions of the good neighbor, the town meeting, and care of the needy. Whatever the faults and lacks of these places, they are America's most familiar form of community life. Standing between country and city, they bear the strong imprint of both. Though facing both ways, they have individuality, so much so that no two are identical. Any concrete description, though patterned with care, must be tested as to "fit" by students who would apply it to places they know best. We know that rural America is changing, that everywhere, to a degree, it feels the impact of urban ways. How do village and town-centered communities react to the stream of things and influences pouring in on them from cities? What is life like in small places, and how does it shape personality? What institutions meet the needs of people, and what can be said about the quality of their services? How, in particular, do young people fare, and how many are potential migrants to cities? What is the position of the "fragment" (small place) in the total society, the outlook for the future? These are significant problems, and each receives some answer in the case that follows. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A sociological approach to education: A revision of community backgrounds of education.Hamlets, villages, and towns.

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"Our mountain men," writes a student, "are almost incapable of concerted action. They are knit together, man to man, but not as a body of men." The same cannot be said of the nation's hamlets, villages, and towns. Here is loyalty, not only to kin and friend, but to the area as a whole. Here are traditions of the good neighbor, the town meeting, and care of the needy. Whatever the faults and lacks of these places, they are America's most familiar form of community life. Standing between country and city, they bear the strong imprint of both. Though facing both ways, they have individuality, so much so that no two are identical. Any concrete description, though patterned with care, must be tested as to "fit" by students who would apply it to places they know best. We know that rural America is changing, that everywhere, to a degree, it feels the impact of urban ways. How do village and town-centered communities react to the stream of things and influences pouring in on them from cities? What is life like in small places, and how does it shape personality? What institutions meet the needs of people, and what can be said about the quality of their services? How, in particular, do young people fare, and how many are potential migrants to cities? What is the position of the "fragment" (small place) in the total society, the outlook for the future? These are significant problems, and each receives some answer in the case that follows. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Published: Nov 10, 2014

Keywords: hamlets; villages; towns; communities; rural America; urban America; cities; educational sociology

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