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A sociological approach to education: A revision of community backgrounds of education.The larger urban community.

A sociological approach to education: A revision of community backgrounds of education.: The... In India, there is a tradition of the sacred cow. If the cow is lying on the road and a traveler "wants by," he waits. If the cow is at one's door and he "wants out," he leaves by another exit or stays at home. The world's center of hustle and bustle and move the cow is, no doubt, the United States. In middle to large cities in particular, traditional thought patterns are suspect. To the extent that the traditional is a synonym for rural, cities are in revolt. They do things in a different way, a way so strange as to create for man a new habitat, a milieu in which he may or may not be able over time to survive and prosper. Here the city under study is the so-called "middle-," or aver-age-sized city, an urban area of 25,000 to 100,000 population. The census listed 320 of these communities in 1940, with an average population of about 50,000. Were selection of a case not at all dependent on the studies that have been made, no better choice comes to mind than that of Middletown, the name given to Muncie, Indiana. Middletown is the nation's most studied, best-known city of its class, having in 1945 about 52,000 people. It is situated in the Middle States region, an area claiming to be the most typical of the nation in its population and way of life. Moreover, the "life-activities" of its residents, the things that people do, form the central core of the inquiry, a point of obvious value at any level of life-centered learning. (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.The larger urban community.

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McGraw-Hill Book Company
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In India, there is a tradition of the sacred cow. If the cow is lying on the road and a traveler "wants by," he waits. If the cow is at one's door and he "wants out," he leaves by another exit or stays at home. The world's center of hustle and bustle and move the cow is, no doubt, the United States. In middle to large cities in particular, traditional thought patterns are suspect. To the extent that the traditional is a synonym for rural, cities are in revolt. They do things in a different way, a way so strange as to create for man a new habitat, a milieu in which he may or may not be able over time to survive and prosper. Here the city under study is the so-called "middle-," or aver-age-sized city, an urban area of 25,000 to 100,000 population. The census listed 320 of these communities in 1940, with an average population of about 50,000. Were selection of a case not at all dependent on the studies that have been made, no better choice comes to mind than that of Middletown, the name given to Muncie, Indiana. Middletown is the nation's most studied, best-known city of its class, having in 1945 about 52,000 people. It is situated in the Middle States region, an area claiming to be the most typical of the nation in its population and way of life. Moreover, the "life-activities" of its residents, the things that people do, form the central core of the inquiry, a point of obvious value at any level of life-centered learning. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Published: Nov 10, 2014

Keywords: larger urban communities; cities

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