Woman's Place in Rural Economy : A Study in Sociology (Classic Reprint)

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Of small holders. In Britain itself the education given to women in connection with agriculture is almost wholly confined to technical instruction in the various branches Of dairying, buttermaking, milking, Cheesemaking, and general dairy manage ment, though in recent years an increasing amount Of attention has been given to poultry and to horti culture. In Ireland the instruction given 15 Of a more comprehensive character, and includes courses in various departments Of domestic economy. But when we turn to Belgium we find schemes and plans of which our most enterprising and advanced educatlonists have never even dreamt in this country. There is nothing in Britain which corresponds ex actly to the Belgian Schools for Domestic Agricul ture, a designation in itself significant. It is very notable that in these schools, as in the famous Danish High Schools in Denmark, general educa tion takes its place in the curriculum alongside Of technical instruction. Up till now in Britain the whole aim Of the Education Boards and Committees has been to improve and extend the technical courses Of training, while the all-important question Of general improvement in knowledge and culture has been entirely ignored. SO far has this tendency gone that one Of the most commonly entertained opinions among the pioneers and friends of agri cultural education in this country is that the time now spent by children in the elementary schools in acquiring the mere rudiments Of a general education is too great, and that part of it might be more profit ably spent in receiving such technical training as would qualify them for the business Of husbandry.

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