Citizenship Development through Vocational Training: British Columbia Rural Youth Training School, 1947-1959

Autor/inn/en	Mclean, Scott; Gondek, Jyoti
Titel	Citizenship Development through Vocational Training: British Columbia Rural Youth Training School, 1947-1959
Quelle	In: Studies in the Education of Adults, 44 (2012) 1, S.35-51 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0266-0830
Schlagwörter	Home Economics; Rural Youth; Extracurricular Activities; Extension Education; Citizenship Education; Adult Vocational Education; Rural Areas; Foreign Countries; Creative Thinking; Critical Thinking; Adult Learning; Educational History; Youth Programs; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hauswirtschaft; Hauswirtschaftslehre; Rural area; Rural areas; Youth; Ländlicher Raum; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität; Erweitertes Bildungsangebot; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Ausland; Kreatives Denken; Kritisches Denken; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Jugendsofortprogramm; Kanada
Abstract	This article inspires critical and creative thinking about the promotion of citizenship development through programmes of study designed primarily to enhance adults' vocational skills. It does so through presenting an empirical case study of an important adult education programme delivered by the Department of University Extension at the University of British Columbia in the 1940s and 1950s. The "Youth Training School" was funded by the governments of Canada and British Columbia to provide vocational training to young men and women from rural areas. While the curriculum of the school was focused on agriculture and home economics, its residential character and the structure of its extracurricular activities led to significant opportunities for citizenship development among its participants. This article contributes both to the history of adult education, and to the understanding of contemporary possibilities for citizenship education in contexts where official attention and resources are focused on vocational goals. It argues that vocational training and citizenship development are not mutually exclusive, that citizenship education is not necessarily progressive, and that the structure of educational experience is as important as the substantive content of lessons in the promotion of citizenship. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10