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EDUCATION AND THE PEOPLE

WARTIME SOCIAL SURVEY

Town: .........

Date: .........

Investigator: .........

Urban ......... Y

Rural ......... X

Occupation

War Mnfg.	Y
Other Mnfg	X
Pub. Utilities	0
Mining	1
Building	2
Agriculture	3
Distributive	4
Clerical	5
Professional & Managerial	6
Miscellaneous	7
Housewives	8
Retd. Or Unocc:	9

Sex

Male	1
Female	2

Status

Married	5
Single	6
Widowed	7
N.A.	8

If married or widowed

No. of children
Aged 0 - 14
5-14
15-19
20 or over
None at all	X

Education of Informant (last school attended)

Elementary	1
Central	2
Secondary	3
Tech: or business	4
University	5
(Other, specify)	6

Economic Group

Up to £2.10	1
Over £2.10 to £3.12	2
Over £3.12 to £5	3
Over £5 to £10	4
Over £10	5
N.A.	0
Occupation of C.W.E:

(C.W.E)	1	2	3	4	5	6
	7	8	9	10		12

Age

20-29	6
30-39	7
40-54	8
N.A.	9

1. What do you think are the aims of Education? .........

2. Do you think there are any ways in which the whole system of Education could be improved? .........

3. Would you rather your Education had been different? Yes ......... Y No ......... X D.K. ......... 0 N.A. ......... 1 and, IF YES :

a. What? .........

b. Why? .........

TO ALL WITH CHILDREN UNDER 20

4. Have you any children who have left school, are under 20 and who are still normally members of your household? Yes.....Y No....X

IF YES, what is their:-

	Sex		Age						Education						Occupation														Do they contribute to family income?			If Yes:
	M	F	14	15	16	17	18	19	Elem.	Cent.	Sec.	Tech.	Univ.	Other(Specify)	War Mnfg.	Other Mnfg.	Transp & Pub Ut.	Mining	Bldg.	Agric.	Distr.	Clerical	Proffess Manag.	Misc	Forces	Unocc	Code	Wage: (except Forces & unocc:)	Yes	No	N.A.	Amount	Code
1	1	2	4	5	6	7	8	9	1	2	3	4	5	6	Y	X	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9			Y	X	0
2	1	2	4	5	6	7	8	9	1	2	3	4	5	6	Y	X	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9			Y	X	0
3	1	2	4	5	6	7	8	9	1	2	3	4	5	6	Y	X	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9			Y	X	0
4	1	2	4	5	6	7	8	9	1	2	3	4	5	6	Y	X	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9			Y	X	0
5	1	2	4	5	6	7	8	9	1	2	3	4	5	6	y	X	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9			Y	X	0

	Were you satisfied with their kind of schooling?				If No or D.K: What kind of Education would you have preferred?	Code	Why would you have preferred this?	Code
	Yes	No	D.K.	N.A.
1	Y	X	0	1
2	Y	X	0	1
3	Y	X	0	1
4	Y	X	0	1
5	Y	X	0	1

5. Have you any children now being educated full-time? (including Nursery School & University) Yes ......... Y No ......... X IF YES: What is their:

	Sex		Age	Present Education						Are you Satisfied with this?				Reasons for satisfaction or dissatisfaction
	M	F	(last Birthday)	Nsy:	Elem:	Cent:	Sec:	Univ:	Other (specify)	Yes	No.	D.K.	N.A.
1	1	2	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	Y	X	0	1
2	1	2	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	Y	X	0	1
3	1	2	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	Y	X	0	1
4	1	2	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	Y	X	0	1
5	1	2	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	Y	X	0	1
6	1	2	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	Y	X	0	1

6. Do any of your children under 14 do any part-time work (i.e paper delivery, etc.)? Yes ......... Y No ......... X None under 14 ......... 0 N.A. ......... 1

a. IF YES: what? .........

TO EVERYBODY

7. Do you know any of the changes introduced by the new Education Act? Yes ......... Y No ......... X D.K. ......... 0 N.A. ......... 1 IF YES :

a. What changes? .........

8. You have (or) have not mentioned raising school-leaving age. This is being raised to 15/16. What do you think about it? .........

9. By the new Act, Primary (Elementary) Education will end at 11 years. From that age all children will be given free Secondary Education up to 15/16 or later.

What do you think of this?

10. Do you think it better for a child to be at school until 15/16 or better to leave school at 14 and go to work?

Better at school	Y
Better at work	X
Better for some at school, others at work	0
Better if changes	1
D.K.	2
N.A.	3

a) Why? .........

b) If “Better at work” are there any changes which make you think it would be better for children to stay at school?

Yes	1
No	0
D.K.	X
N.A.	Y

If YES, what changes?

11. Do you think it is worthwhile or not to spend more public money (Rates and Taxes) on Education?

Worthwhile	1
Not Worthwhile	2
D.K.	3
N.A.	4

12. Are there any subjects , not taught now, which you would like to see taught in schools? Yes.....1 No.....0 D.K......X N.A.....Y and, IF YES:

a. Which?	Code	b. Why?	Code
1.
2.
3.

13. Are there any subjects, taught now you would like to see taught more?

Yes	2
No	3
D.K.	4
N.A\.	5

and, IF YES:

a. Which ?	Code	b. Why ?	Code
1.
2.
3.

14. Are there any subjects, taught now you would like to see taught differently?

Yes	6
No	7
D.K.	8
N.A.	9

and, IF YES:

a. Which ?	Code	b. Why ?	Code
1.
2.
3.

15. Are there any subjects, taught now you would like to see taught less ?

Yes	1
No	0
D.K.	X
N.A.	Y

and, IF YES:

a. Which ?	Code	b. Why ?	Code
1.
2.
3.

16. Are there any subjects, taught now you would like to see left out altogether?

Yes	2
No	3
D.K.	4
N.A.	5

and, IF YES:

a. Which ?	Code	b. Why ?	Code
1.
2.
3.

17. How much part do you think the following tpes of subject shouls play in Education?

(Read list through, explaining the grouping before putting each group as a separate question. Ring whether list worked up .....1 or down....2)

	For Boys						For Girls
	Big	Medium	Small	For Some	None at all	D.K.	Big	Medium	Small	For some	None at All	D.K.
ENGLISH (i.e. Reading, Literature, Grammar spelling etc.)	1	2	3	Y	X	0	4	5	6	9	8	7
MATHEMATICS (i.e. Arithmetic & figures)	1	2	3	Y	X	0	4	5	6	9	8	7
MODERN LANGUAGES (i.e. French German etc.)	1	2	3	Y	X	0	4	5	6	9	8	7
DEAD LANGUAGES (i.e. Latin Greek)	1	2	3	Y	X	0	4	5	6	9	8	7
HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, CURRENT AFFAIRS SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS	1	2	3	Y	X	0	4	5	6	9	8	7
SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS (Science Chemistry, Physics, Electricity Botany)	1	2	3	Y	X	0	4	5	6	9	8	7
ARTISTIC SUBJECTS (Drawing, Music, Singing, Acting, etc.)	1	2	3	Y	X	0	4	5	6	9	8	7
HANDICRAFTS (Carpentry, Metalwork, Gardening, Domestic Science, Needlework, etc.)	1	2	3	Y	X	0	4	5	6	9	8	7
PHYSICAL EXERCISE, GAMES	1	2	3	Y	X	0	4	5	6	9	8	7

18. What do you think of the possibility of a child living away from home during part of its schooling?

Approve	1
Disapprove	0
D.K.	X
N.A.	Y

a. Why?

19. Would you like to say again what you consider are the aims of Education?

If more than one aim given, what would you consider the main aim?

20. What do you think of this kind of inquiry being made for the Government?

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