A study of the Liberty County students teenage problems, attitudes, and goals

• Other Authors: Shuler, Rae Palmer Summers (authoraut)
• Format: Others
• Language: English; English
• Published: Florida State University
• Subjects: Adolescent psychology; High school students > Attitudes; Home economics > Study and teaching
• Online Access: http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_historic_akp4837

"The literature on teaching and curriculum development for the past two decades has emphasized the importance of relating curriculum and teaching to the problems or concerns which are of significance to the pupils...As homemaking teacher in the Liberty County High School, the writer is anxious to make homemaking as effective as possible for the pupils in this school. Consistent with the principle stated above, the identification of the problems which are unique to these pupils is a first step in this task. The purpose of this study, therefore, is to identify the problems of youth in Liberty County as seen by the pupils enrolled in the Liberty County High School, and to explore their implications for the teaching of homemaking in that school. In many studies of this kind the researchers have administered either the Mooney Problems Check List or the S.R.A. Youth Inventory as a basis for identifying the problems of youth involved. The procedure followed in this study, however, included the development of a problems check list unique to this school. It was felt that this was necessary because of the nature of the school population itself, and because it was believed that in the Liberty County High School this procedure would be more effective in identifying the problems of concern to the pupils involved than having them simply check a standardized scale developed for use with large number of youth scattered throughout the country. In addition, the writer was anxious to get information concerning certain citizenship attitudes of the pupils, and their vocational and educational goals"--Introduction. === "August, 1958." === Typescript. === "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science." === Includes bibliographical references (leaf 29).