'Roots in the Soil': The Evolution of a Countryside Youth Service in Westmorland, 1939-c.1950

Autor/in	Andrew, Rebecca
Titel	'Roots in the Soil': The Evolution of a Countryside Youth Service in Westmorland, 1939-c.1950
Quelle	In: History of Education, 51 (2022) 5, S.690-709 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Andrew, Rebecca)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0046-760X
DOI	10.1080/0046760X.2021.2019322
Schlagwörter	Educational History; Informal Education; Rural Areas; Service Learning; Rural Urban Differences; Annual Reports; Letters (Correspondence); News Reporting; Oral History; Leisure Time; Clubs; Citizenship Education; Volunteers; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Service-Learning; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Annual report; Tätigkeitsbericht; Brief; News report; Reportage; Oral tradition; Mündliche Überlieferung; Freizeit; Club; Klub; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Freiwilliger; Ausland
Abstract	This article traces the evolution of the statutory Youth Service in rural Westmorland (now part of Cumbria), from its establishment in 1939 to the early post-war years. It focuses on how the county's Youth Service innovated and developed new ways of working with young country people in their spare time, and the challenges of introducing urban-focused policy into rural practice. It argues that to be effective in work outside urban areas, the national Youth Service had to adapt to existing patterns of country life and leisure. Tensions between this external organising body and local communities are also considered. The article draws on official Youth Service records, including minute books, correspondence and annual reports, alongside local press accounts and oral history testimony. In doing so, it enhances our understanding of the professionalisation of informal education, and the leisure habits of rural youth, during and immediately after the Second World War. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01