The Need for Guidance in Pennington High School

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by  Beeler, Robert Emerson

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THE FOB GUIDANCE IN
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PENNINGTON HIGH SCHOOI
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BOBER? S, BBSURB, IB,
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CHAPTER PAGE
X* The Problem and its Setting • » » » » * * * * « * « X
The Problem Stated . * . # % » * » « • < • * » 1
Specific Aspect© of the Problem * • » , » « » * » 2
The Setting of the Problem # . . * * ' ♦ * * ♦ 4
Why the Study Was Made ♦ * * * * *■ # # * « * * 10
Method of Securing Data . . . ■ , * * * . , * « * 12
Reliability of the Bata * • * » . * « * * « * « 15
XX* Principles of Guidance » * • * * * « ♦ « » * * * • 15
Review of literature in the field * « « • * + • 15
Accepted Worhlng Principles for Guidance . » . ♦ 25
III* Presentation of Bata « * . * * * * * ■ * * , ♦ , * * 2?
Vocational Plans of Pupils * * « « * * # * * + * 2?
Educational Plans of the Pupils • * • « * « « * 44
Adjustment of th© Pupils » • « # * * * * » * • 55
The School in (and) the Community • < , « « « # 65
17* Summary and Conclusions • * * # « » « * » , « « • • 71
Concluding Statement * ' « * « « * » » * * » » * * 76
BIBLIOGRAPHY * . . ♦ * . * 77
APPMBXX * , . . • . • • SO
TASXSS
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X* The 8M>e*.cm& Per Cent of 256 High School Pupils
Who Stated Ua 1946 a Definite Vocational Choice
Had Been Made, Hated by Grade and Sex * * * * * 28
XI* The Humber and Per Gent of 256 High School Pupils
Who Stated a Preference of Vocations, listed by
Grade and Sex • > * • « * « * + 30
XXI. Vocations Chosen or Preferred by Bighty-Four Boys * 32
XV* Vocations Chosen or Preferred by 160 Girls . * * * * 35
V* The Humber and Percentage of Vocational Choices as
Stated by the Pupils in Bach Grade Group Which
Were Made on the Grade levels Indicated . . , . 37
VI. Bessons Stated by Bighty-Three High School Pupils
for Having Chosen Certain Vocations . . . . 59
VII* Mm Well Informed 244 High School Pupils
Considered Themselves Relative to the Qualifica­
tions Demanded by the Vocations They Had
Designated as Chosen or Preferred * * * * * * * 40
VXII* Persons to Whom Pupils Would Go for Vocational
Advice and Information . . . . . . . . . . * 42
XX* Plans of 253 High School Pupils Belative to the
Completion of High School * * * * * * * * * * * 46
X. Beacons Indicated by 243 High School Pupils as Basic
to Their Plans for Completing High School * * * 47
XX* Flans of 253 High School Pupils Relative to
College Attendance » » « * » • * « * * » * 48
XII. Pupils* Reasons for Planning to Attend College as
Indicated in the Questionnaire Returned • * • 49
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XXXI. Pupils * Seasons for not Planning to Attend Collage 51
XIV* Seasons Cheeked for Select lag a Collage to Attest 53
XT* To Whom Pupils Would Go fo r Advice Concerning
Their Educational Plans * # * * . ♦ * # * * 5d
'Ml* Humber and Per Cent of Pupils Who-Actually
Attended Colleges or Trade or Business Schools
over a Mne-Year Period * * * * * * * * #• « 55
xm* Adjustment of 256 High School Pupils in Four
Areas Included In the Inventory Arranged
According to Per Cent in Each Grade Level . * 58
XVXIX# Per Cent of Pupils in Each High School Grade
Who Beceived the Indicated Adjustment
Eatings * * * . # * * . « * « » • * * * * * « 59
XU* Humber and Percentage of Withdrawals from
Pennington High School over a Ten-Year Period
as Compared with. Average Percentage for
Virginia Accredited High Schools . * • • • * 61
w■AAf Causes for Withdrawal from High School, as Stated
W Sixty-Five High School Pupils * 63
XXI# Per Gent of S ^jeot .Failures la the High School
Department as Compared wl th the Average Per
Cent for Virginia Accredited High Schools **•
Ten School Sessions * , * * . * ♦ * * * . 65
XXII* Humber and Percentage of Subject Failures by
Grade —^ Session 19A5—A6 * * » • « * • * * ♦ -66
XXIII. luvenila Delinquency — Lee County, Virginia * * 69
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The author wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness
and appreciation to Mr* George Jf* Oliver, Mr* Frank Hoppe and
Dr. Howard K. Holland for their many helpful suggestions and
guidance during the preparation of this study*
CHAPTSB 1
THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING
There is much need for guidance in the high schools in
small communities. Even though these schools are characterized
by relatively small enrollments and offer opportunity for olose
pupil-teacher contact, it is often true that the teachers and
principals know less about their pupils than do the faculties of
large city schools. Broady1 thinks that the administrators of
small schools tend to neglect to systematize their programs of
fact collecting, fact recording, and fact interpreting. The
effective performance of the guidance function assumes that the
pupil will be made acquainted with opportunities and that the
school will attempt to provide a way to assist him to realize his
ambitions.
I. THE PROBLEM STATED
The problem with which this study is concerned las
A. To discover and analyze the factors in Pennington
High School and in the community served by the school which indi­
cate the need for a guidance program.
IfCnute 0. Broady, ^Making the Good Small High School
Better,** Bulletin, No. 22, Chicago, Illinois: Department of
Secondary School Principals, N.E.A., 1938.
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SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF TBS PSOBLM
This problem implies the necessity of discovering
certain characteristics of the pupils in Bennington High School
and of determining certain of th eir expressed needs and desires,
as well as describing the community in which the school is
located. Specifically, the problem includes:
A. Occupational plans of the pupils..
1. To discover the per cent of pupils vdto have made an
occupational choice.
2* To discover the per cent of pupils with occupational
preference, if no choice has been made.
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$« To study the occupations chosen or preferred by pupils.
4. To determine when occupational choices were made by pupils*
$• To study reasons for choice or preferences by pupils.
6. To discover the number of pupils who believe themselves
adequately informed as to the qualifications demanded by the
occupations chosen or preferred.
?. To study sources of advice that wouM be utilised by
pupils.
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B. ffducational plans of the pupils.
1, To determine the plans of pupils relative to the completion
of high school*
3. To study the reasons for pupils’ plans for high school
completion*
3« To determine the plans of pupils relative to education be­
yond high school; reasons for planning or for not planning college
attendance; whether or not colleges have been selectedj and
reasons for the selection.
4. To study available sources of advice that would be utilized
by the pupils in the formulation of their educational plans.
3. To determine the number and per cent of the pupils who enter
colleges or schools offering vocational training.
® • Mjustment of the pupils .
1, To determine the adjustment of the pupils relative to the
following areas? home, health, social situations and emotional
stability*
3. To determine the total adjustment of the pupils to their
life situations*
3, To study the withdrawals and subject failures in the high
school department, and their relation to adjustment*
D. The school in (and) the comnualty.
1, To determine the extent to which other agencies of the
community offer guidance to the pupils of the school.