Forces in Education in 1909

The Headmistress of The Common Room found this interesting diagram from 1909 on the Forces in Education:

The diagram is from Journey's Though Bookland by Charles Sylvester.

Even back in 1909 it appears most people thought learning happened mainly at school. Today probably most "experts" would claim that 80% of what a child learns is due to schools.

I like the claim that a full 25% of what a child learns is from books, but remember this was back in 1909. People read more then. Today with few children reading the fraction would be much smaller.

The Headmistress points out that the claim is only about 10% of what a child learns is due to their parents. I think this is higher today for most homeschool families, but may be lower for families with children in public schools.

The diagram claims that about 5% of what a child learns is due to work. Almost a hundred years later, I doubt very few children are really working now. I think in 1909 still about half of America was living in rural settings.


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