Adult Education in the Social Planning of a Civic Organization
Adult Education in the Social Planning of a Civic Organization
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Date
1934
Authors
Hostetler, Alice Watts
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Cotterman, H.F.
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Abstract
This study deals with adult education in the
social planning of a civic organization. The problem
is to determine the nature and extent of adult
education which is the outgrowth of community planning.
The study is made in order to assemble and present in
usable form facts which may assist persons promoting
adult education, program makers in adult organizations,
and community leaders in one line or another of
community betterment.
More specifically, it is the purpose of the study
to examine in detail the work of the Montgomery County
Civic Federation of Montgomery County, Maryland, in
order to discover the higher forms of adult education
of informal types which accrue from the several
activities of a single civic organization of recognized
influence in a rural-suburban area, as these are manifest
in the records of the federation and its member
associations, and in changes and developments in this
area. The activities of the federation, as recorded in
the minutes over eight years of its existence, were
examined in detail and classified under five major
subjects, each having many minor topics. The major
divisions are used as chapter titles and the findings,
which include studies made by the federation and
developments within the county, are presented under
these subjects to reveal the amount and kind of adult
education in social planning.
The study begins with a description of the locale,
Montgomery County, Maryland, which includes its location,
history, governmental structure, and population. In
Chapter II., the aims, history, structure, and functioning
of the Montgomery County Civic Federation are
described. The facts revealed by this survey of the
eight-year program of the federation and of the area it
influences are classified and presented as five chapters
dealing with adult education in Public Welfare, County
Projects, Public Schools, Government, and Outside the
County. The study ends with a summary based on the
findings.