Date of Award
8-1947
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Education
First Advisor
Ernest M. Anderson
Abstract
The problem was to make a study of the major areas in which the curriculum in Negro high schools might be expanded to help improve the general well-being of the Negro citizens of Saint Louis, Missouri.
The procedure was to collect data from the records of the Board of Education, secure maps from the City Plan Commission, study the United States census of 1920-1930-1940, and secure data from local welfare and social agencies.
In the study it was found that the Negro population in Saint Louis will increase and that there is a need for four new middle-schools of secondary level. The study also revealed the need for health education to be emphasized in all of its ramifications. It found that practical English should supplant formal English grammar and English literature in the lower limits of the high school. A broader program of vocational education and vocational guidance was found to be an educations imperative. A need for expanding the upper limits of secondary education to the fourteenth year with curriculum offerings in the technical and semi-professional areas waws found to be both practical and feasible.
Recommended Citation
Everett, Faye Philip, "Expanding the Curriculum in Negro High Schools in Saint Louis, Missouri" (1947). Electronic Theses & Dissertations. 483.
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/etd/483
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