Curriculum Brookwood Labor College

wood chopping 1 of manual chores faculty , students @ brookwood expected assist with.

another innovation in brookwood curriculum emphasis on manual labor. students expected engage in manual labor keep school clean , make repairs buildings, equipment, vehicles, , furniture. cooking, serving meals, farming college s extensive vegetable gardens, chopping wood fuel, , assisting food , work animals on campus expected. faculty , guests expected participate in manual labor well.

brookwood worked foster strong sense of community among leadership, faculty, , students. enrollment in each course kept small encourage group cohension. small group work common. since many students poor readers, learning read, or had english second language, educators made sure each group had @ least 1 reader. together, group conducted research, organized work, , reported orally rest of class. faculty ate @ same tables students, , meals communal. number of extracurriculur activities offered not enhance health of faculty , students promote sense of community. these included athletics, dances, group hikes, , communal singing.

brookwood s educational program two-year one. courses 3 hours week 15 weeks. however, students , others pressed college make program shorter reduce demands on workers, , one-year program added in 1926. brookwood began offering two-week summer institutes in 1926 not take longer program. speakers @ these institutes included u.s. senators, corporate executives, u.s. military personnel (often corps of engineers), , representatives state regulatory agencies. correspondence courses , extension courses (primarily delivered through labor unions) part of offerings well. college s educational efforts included publication of number of short, pragmatic pamphlets, worksheets, , booklets workers use in union organizing campaigns , strikes. brookwood began offering chautauqua in 1934. organized students, traveling show of speakers, drama, singers, , others traveled throughout new england, new jersey, , pennsylvania.