Document Type
Graduate Research
Degree
Master of Science (MS)
Publication Date
7-1942
Abstract
[No abstract provided, taken from introduction]
This problem is an occupational analysis of fifteen common Negro occupations and offers recommendations which may serve as a foundation for constructing an industrial arts curriculum that would aid Negro students in making future occupational adjustments. As our economi6 and industrial system becomes more complicated, the problem of making occupational adjustments becomes more important. This is especially true with Negroes. Numerous factors are responsible for this condition, among them, the inadequate industrial arts courses offered in the Negro high school.
Anne S. Loop, in attempting to discover the opinions of educational leaders regarding the Negro education reached the following conclusion:
There is widespread belief that whatever general or civic values are inherent in Negro education, the amount and character of the training given bear slight relation to vocational or occupational opportunities. Many educators have discussed the advisability of stimulating the Negro to higher educational goals. Some of them maintain that advanced education will help the Negro little, if any, in making his vocational and social adjustments. Others feel that only by additional educational and vocational equipment will it be possible to break down racial prejudices and secure for the Negro equality of opportunity which is so essential in a democracy.1
In an effort to facilitate the occupational adjustments of Negro youth, the Negro schools should make every possible effort to uncover the occupational potentialities of individual students; Nevertheless, the Negro schools, in fairness both to the pupil and to the public should adjust their programs to the occupational realities of the present time.
Recommended Citation
Scott, Samuel T., "An Occupational Analysis of Fifteen Common Occupations Among Negro Men in San Antonio, Texas, and Vicinity" (1942). Research Problems, 1947-1991. 67.
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/problems/67
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