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Burlington Self-Survey on Human Relations: Final report, 1950
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46 in child development, the school should be especially concerned about what happens to boys and girls when they enter the larger life in the community. Among the basic needs of Negro children indicated in this study is the need for greater motivation; so that there children who make a normal adjustment at the elementary level will not appear to become retarded as they advance in school . In this connection teachers probably need to become increasingly self critical in their interpretation of this apparent retardation. As in other communities experiencing the problem of drop outs, it seems to be definitely necessary to impress upon Negro boys and girls in Burlington the lasting values of continued education and training. These children, like all others, need to feel the need for maximum growth and development. And for Negro children in Burlington it must be in spite of the recognition of the fact that Negroes in Burlington at the present time are participating in community life only in a limited and apparently circumscribed way, to which many possibly have become accustomed as the years have passed. Adequate motivation of Negro Children will necessarily involve a consideration of the possibilities as well as the needs for changes in the present patterns, so that such young citizen may want to and will be able to assume his greatest possible responsibility as a member of the community.
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46 in child development, the school should be especially concerned about what happens to boys and girls when they enter the larger life in the community. Among the basic needs of Negro children indicated in this study is the need for greater motivation; so that there children who make a normal adjustment at the elementary level will not appear to become retarded as they advance in school . In this connection teachers probably need to become increasingly self critical in their interpretation of this apparent retardation. As in other communities experiencing the problem of drop outs, it seems to be definitely necessary to impress upon Negro boys and girls in Burlington the lasting values of continued education and training. These children, like all others, need to feel the need for maximum growth and development. And for Negro children in Burlington it must be in spite of the recognition of the fact that Negroes in Burlington at the present time are participating in community life only in a limited and apparently circumscribed way, to which many possibly have become accustomed as the years have passed. Adequate motivation of Negro Children will necessarily involve a consideration of the possibilities as well as the needs for changes in the present patterns, so that such young citizen may want to and will be able to assume his greatest possible responsibility as a member of the community.
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