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elementary education.
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foundation. Nine years later the first "school kitchen" was founded at
Gothenburg by the municipal school board. The proposal originated from Miss Eva
Rodhe. Subsequently State-aided training colleges have been established for
teachers of household economy; these colleges train teachers both for the girls’
secondary schools and for the elementary schools.
The Contiuuation Schools. The syllabus of instruction of the "continuation
schools" (see above) comprises mainly the following requirements: —
Scripture: Bible reading and Luther’s shorter catechism as a summary; a somewhat
fuller treatment of the doctrine of sacraments; Swedish: Composition, especially
in the form of letters, writing of an ordinary business letter, reading of historical
and geographical descriptions, natural history and poetry. Arithmetic and
Geometry: Integers and fractions with exercises, book-keeping by single entry,
description and measurement of polygonal figures and ellipses, and also of solid
figures. Drawing: Drawing exercises in connection with geometry and sloyd.
Swedish History: based on some Reader; Natural History: especially such
knowledge of nature as is applicable to industry, commerce or hygiene. — The
two last subjects are not taught at all continuation schools.
It is incumbent on the School Board to urge parents and guardians to cause
children who have obtained a "final certificate" (avgångsbetyg) from the
elementary school before the age of 14, and who have not passed over to the Higher
Division of the elementary school or to another educational establishment,
to cause these children to avail themselves of the instruction imparted in the
Continuation Schools. Employers have no right to hinder them from
participating in this instruction.
The Higher Division of the Elementary School. The syllabus of
instruction of this Higher Division comprises, besides those enumerated in
connection with the Continuation Schools, the following requirements: Divinity:
Conspectus of the canonical year and short account of the prayer-book service,
passages from Church History, chiefly biographical. Swedish: Reading of literature
and brief accounts of the lives and works of Swedish men of letters, exercises
in oral composition, more advanced grammar, more advanced composition.
Mathematics and Book-keeping: More advanced vulgar fractions, interest, rule of
three, etc. equations, especially numerical, of the first degree, with one unknown,
and exercises, geometrical constructions, the elements of book-keeping. Natural
History and Hygiene: Physical and chemical phenomena, selected passages
of animal and vegetable biology, hygiene in connection with more advanced
knowledge of the structure and functions of the human body, knowledge of
the earth’s surface and its changes, and the elements of the structure of the
universe. History with Political Science: Epochs of the history of the world,
especially the history of modern iimes, connected, where a connection can
be established, with Swedish history, main outlines of the Swedish
constitution, and the elements of State and local administration. Geography:
The geography of Sweden and of other important civilized countries with
special reference to the natural conditions, and the principal facts relating
to industries, communications, culture, and form of government. Drawing:
Linear drawing and free-hand drawing for boys, free-hand drawing and
pattern tracing for girls. Singing: advanced exercises, national and other songs,
choral songs, and advanced practice in the singing of the Swedish mass.
Gymnastics: Exercises and free games, and for boys, circumstances permitting,
military drill and shooting practice. Sloyd and household economy: advanced
instruction. Foreign languages: In several places (especially in the large towns) one
foreign language (either German or English) is taught.
No fixed course of instruction is prescribed for the Higher Elementary School
in the "Normal Syllabus". The schemes of instruction vary considerably in diff-
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