Rural Youth--An Opportunity or a Burden?

Autor/in	Kozakiewicz, Mikolaj
Titel	Rural Youth--An Opportunity or a Burden?
Quelle	(1976), (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Attitudes; Definitions; Developing Nations; Educational Needs; Equal Education; Industrialization; Labor Needs; Rural Population; Rural to Urban Migration; Rural Urban Differences; Rural Youth; Technological Advancement; Values; Poland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Begriffsbestimmung; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Industrialisation; Industrialisierung; Labour needs; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Landbevölkerung; Landflucht; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Rural area; Rural areas; Youth; Ländlicher Raum; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung; Wertbegriff; Polen
Abstract	When evaluating the potential of a developing nation's rural youth, a distinction must be made between youth living in the countryside and those of rural origin migrating to the cities. Moreover, consideration must be given to the effect of: geographical mobility upon national development requirements; rural vertical mobility upon the modernization and democratization of the social structure; and the rural mentality and skill level upon the larger society. In the development of a country there is an initial extensive period followed by an intensive period, the former requiring manpower and the latter requiring skills. In Poland, there is currently a higher than average number of rural migrants working in the building materials industry (16.6%), the wood industry (18.2%), and public roads (32.6%). In 1970, among these rural to urban migrants, 14.4% were manual laborers, 8.7% intellectual workers, and 5.5% handicraft laborers. These figures indicate that upgraded schools are needed in the rural areas to accommodate the sophisticated skills demanded by technological development in the cities. While studies have indicated attitudinal differences between rural and urban youth, these differences are not nearly so important as the educational differences manifest in knowledge and skill differentials, for these differences impact upon the total qualitative development of Poland's economy. (JC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC