| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/30/6 |
| Title | Rural |
| Date | 1929 - 1939 |
| Description | Correspondence between Ethel Froud, A. Muriel Pierotti and Emily Phipps (NUWT), NUWT branch members including Edith E. Crosby and Florence Key, Members of Parliament including Donald Maclean, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, and the Departmental Committee of Rural Teachers (set up by the Board of Education) regarding:
Expressing the NUWT's disagreement with the suggestions from the Report of the Department Committee on the Training of Rural Teachers
NUWT request to the Board of Education to receive deputation from NUWT
Reports sent in by NUWT branch members of the home life conditions of pupils, and the conditions in the schools, in rural areas
Notes from the NUWT Education Committee regarding the fundamentals required for rural education
Problems with the appointment of unqualified teachers in rural areas
Lack of facilities and poor quality school building in rural areas
Request sent from NUWT headquarters to branch members on behalf of Fenner Brockway regarding requests for information on rural schools in which the conditions are very bad
Statistics on the conditions in rural schools, collated by the NUWT
Information on the use of caravan schools and vans for teaching in rural areas
Request for information from PhotoPress Limited regarding obtaining images of caravan schools in rural areas
Letters of thanks from various organisations for the NUWT memorandum on rural education
Press cuttings regarding:
Problems in the home life of children in rural areas
Calls for the appointment of only qualified teachers in rural areas
The lack of respect paid to agricultural workers by town workers and calls for the need for interchange between town and country school pupils
Rural education
Poor sanitation, and building conditions, in rural schools
Recruitment of teachers for rural schools
Reports, circulars and pamphlets including:
Circular on 'Agricultural Education', Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Education
'The NUWT and the Rural Teacher', NUWT pamphlet
'The Protection of Wild Flowers', the Council for the Preservation of Rural England (calls for teachers to interest pupils in wildlife and nature)
NUWT statements, council papers and Memoranda on rural education
a). Photograph:Travelling caravan, showing telescopic sides.
b). Photograph: Interior of the van.
c). Photograph: Group of female pupils standing in front of van at Bishops Cleeve, Glos.
d). Accompanying correspondence (dated 27th August 1931) detailing travelling caravan experiences of teacher during July 1923 - July 1924 -JPEG.
e). Accompanying correspondence (dated 27th August 1931) detailing travelling caravan experiences of teacher during July 1923 - July 1924 -PDF.
These photographs & PDF are available digitally. |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Copyright | Unknown - Expired |
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