Survey of the Graduates of the Bentley Alberta High School for the Years 1954-1963
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University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers Graduate School 1965 Survey of the graduates of the Bentley Alberta High School for the years 1954-1963 Albert Herman The University of Montana Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Herman, Albert, "Survey of the graduates of the Bentley Alberta High School for the years 1954-1963" (1965). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 7619. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/7619 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ■1 A SCTRVET OF TEÎE GRADUATES OF THE BENTLEY, ALBERTA HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE YEARS 195^-1963 by ALBERT B. M. HERMAN B.Ed. University of Alberta, 19^2 B.A. University of Saskatchewan, 1951i Presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Education UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA 1965 Approved by: Chairman, Board of Examiners Dean, Graduate School J U L 1 5 1965 Date Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. UMI Number: EP38420 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. UMT OMsert«tion PuWrnkng UMI EP38420 Published by ProQuest LLC (2013). Copyright in the Dissertation held by the Author. Microform Edition © ProQuest LLC. All rights reserved. This work is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code ProQuest ProQuest LLC. 789 East Eisenhower Parkway P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, Ml 48 10 6 -1 34 6 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ACKNOWLEDGMENT To nçr wife Phçrllis I express ray- deep appreciation, for the kind and considerate assistance, during the work of preparation. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. TABLE CF CQMTEHTS CHAPTER PAGE I. t i t l e , 1 II. PURPOSE AND SIGNIFICANCE CF THE STUDY ............ 1 Significance . .......... 1 Purpose of the Study .... .......... 2 III. ASSUMPTIONS, DELIMITATIONS, LIMITATIONS, AND DEFINITION OF TERMS..................... h Assumptions......................... ii Delimitations ....................... it Limitations ......... 5 Definition of Terms ...... 6 IV. PROCEDURE ................... 7 Use of Related Literature ................. 7 The School and Its Community Setting ...............11 Collection of Data ....................lit Treatment and Reporting of Data .......... ...,....l6 V. SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .......... 67 Summary .............. ............ .......... 67 Conclusions ..... .......... .............67 Recommendations ......................68 BIBLIOGRAPHY ................... 70 APPENDIX A. THE QUESTIONNAIRE..................... 7U APPENDIX B. ACCOMPANYING LETTERS................... 77 iii Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. LIST OF TABLES TABLE page I. Number and Percentage of Graduates from Each Glass Who Returned the Questionnaire ....................... 17 II. Location of Respondents ..................... ...... l8 III. Marital Status of Respondents................. 20 IV. Breakdown by Tears Indicating Respondents Taking Senior Matriculation or Diploma Course ....................... 22 V, Further Education of Respondents .............. 2h TI. Reasons for Drop-out from Higher Education................. 27 VII. Source of Help for Further Education ............ 29 VIII. Occupations of the Respondents............................. 30 IX. Number of Respondents with Secondary Occupations ...... 33 X. Source From Which Respondents Received Help in Choosing Their Occupations.............................. 35 XI. Number of Respondents Who Would Change Their Present Occupation if They Were Able to Make the Choice Over A g a i n ................... 38 XII. Frequency of Mention of Subjects Liked Most and Liked Least . ................ ...... iiO XIII. Frequency of Mention of Subjects Respondents Wanted to Take but Did Not Have the Opportunity .......... L2 iv Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. V TABLE PAGE XIV. Replies of Respondents to the Questions: "On Which Subjects do You Feel There Should be More Emphasis," "On Which Subjects do You Feel There Should be Less Emphasis ........................... U6 XV. Frequency of Mention of Subjects of Greatest and Least Benefit Since Graduation .......................... J48 XVI. Desirable Subjects of the School Curriculum not Available . 5l XVII. Degree to Which High School Helped Develop Traits and Social Aspects..................... ...53 XVin, Which Extra-Curricular Activities Helped Most and Least in Post-High School Life ................. 55 XIX. Respondents’ Opinions of the Degree of Emphasis Placed on Academic Studies, Athletics and Student Functions . 57 XX. Replies of Respondents to the Question: "Do You Feel that Your High School Teachers Could Have Been More Helpful?"............................................... 59 XXI. Traits of the Best Teacher Respondents Had ...............60 XXII. Traits of the Poorest Teacher Respondents Had............. 62 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE PAGE 1. Extent of Help Respondents Received from High School Training for Present J o b ................................ , 36 2. Reasons for Not Taking Subjects Desired ........... k3 Vi Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. CHAPTER I TITLE A S DEVET OF THE GRADUATES OF THE BENTLEÏ, ALBERTA HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE TEARS 1951-1963 CHAPTER II PURPOSES AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDT A. Significance Good schools are constantly evaluating their programs trying to locate shortcomings and looking for ways to correct these shortcomings as they are found. To be of utmost service to the community at all times, the school must select, from the world about it, those new factors worthy of being assimilated into a previously well-proved order of learning. Comments from its graduates "who recently have stepped from the school into the world must necessarily be one means of determining what of the new to assimilate into the old and what of the old to cast off Business and industrial firms are continually studying their products to determine how well those products meet demands. Those industries that do not appraise and improve their products will not remain in business long. Does this offer a lesson to high schools? Obviously there is a difference in the function and products of schools ^Jane E. Crawford, "A Survey of High School Graduates of 19U2," School Review, L I U (January, 19h$), Ult. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. 2 and of factories. Nevertheless, this difference does not lessen the need for an adequate program of evaluation. Schools therefore must come to recognize the need to study their products— former students— in an effort to better prepare present and future students to meet demands with which they will be confronted after they have completed their formal education. Are graduates who want further education ready for it? Do they succeed in their employment? Are they successful in marriage, as parents, and in their civic and social life? Not all these questions can be answered directly, but concern about them will help a school to decide what it should do about the curriculum, the program of activities, and the services offered. Follow-up studies of graduates and activities of this kind "are important not only to obtain exact and reliable statistics but also to find out implications for changes in educational offerings. The forth right opinions of graduates and dropouts cannot be ignored by the 2 secondary school if it wishes to serve its clients more effectively." Recognizing that no stu(^ of graduates similar to this study had been done before in any Alberta high school, there seemed to be a definite need for information relative to what students did after graduating from Bentley High School. B. Purpose of the Study The small high school can offer only a limited program because of a relatively small staff and possibly lack of costly facilities. ^Daniel Snepp, "Follow-up of Graduates *59," Clearing House, XXXV (December, i960), 20k. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. 3 How well do graduates of a small Alberta high school compare with graduates of larger high schools? To answer this query and others definite purposes can be set up. They can be classified under the following headings: 1. To establish the present location of the graduates; 2. To learn the occupations pursued by the students since graduation; 3. To learn the