Schools more than a century ago, when tuberculosis ruled

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At the very beginning of the 20th century, American cities were plagued by tuberculosis.In 1907, Mary Packard and Ellen Stone, doctors of the smallest American state of Rhode Island, came up with the idea of ​​how to prevent or at least alleviate the transmission of tuberculosis among children.They wrote a letter to League President Jay Perkins outlining their idea: “Do you think it is too early to try with a small group, for some children, to organize a school that looks like an outdoor school? It would certainly be just an experiment to begin with. It has been proposed that the horse stables in the North Main Street be rearranged… ”

The first school of this type was "opened" in January 1908.

The classrooms had many windows, some of them on all three sides, and they were all open all the time, even though it was winter. And very strong. On very cold days, the children carried so-called Eskimo sitting bags with warm stones to warm their feet. Teacher Mary Powers, in addition to teaching the material, warmed the children with soup and pudding.

The experiment showed absolute success in practically all fields, and most importantly - not a single child got sick. Not even from a cold. Two years later, 65 such schools were opened, and one private school in New York conducted classes on the roof. As the incidence of tuberculosis decreased with the appearance of antibiotics, so did the schools in the open, and the last one was closed only in 1965.

Does this have anything to do with the coronavirus?

The Chinese study covered 7,000 cases and showed that out of those 7,000, only one infection occurred in the open.

Conclusion: Instead of rotating between online teaching and classroom teaching, perhaps children could rotate between the classroom and outdoor learning, that is, in a space that would have airflow as an open space.

Source: Green Classroom

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It wouldn't be so bad to go for open air learning facilities. The case is the distractions and the lack of space in some schools but it's worth a shot since online classes are getting to the students

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If people figure out a way to preserve children health in schools that time, with not so develop medicine science, I think there are some solutions and for actual pandemic situation. Anyway, we need to protect children and ourselves from this decease, because news of every day is like worst nightmare and it is psychology killer.

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3 years ago

Especially learning from biology

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3 years ago

In my opinion outdoor learning is great solution, of course it have to be mi_ed with classroom but it can be useful.

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3 years ago

Great article to share with us. 🥰 But seriously in wintertime it would not be easy to go outdoors but time to time they still do. I think the sunshine helps the most!

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3 years ago

That is a truly awesome solution I have never read about before.
Fresh, open, air is as effective bio-isolation as anything we see contrived these days.
There is another critical issue about such a venue that I do remember:
Sunny days and fair temperatures are pleasant,
but the self-discipline learned by forcing oneself to take notes
and focus on your task under inclement conditions is a powerful tool
toward having the power to accomplish tasks without succumbing to distractions.
[This I have learned from work.]

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3 years ago

Oh it is sad news my Dear friend but you are not visit to my Article

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Then WHO should recommend dancing, singing, playing games outdoors :-)

7000 cases are not a lot and not sure how they can come to the conclusion but surely fresh air , wind and 🌞 sunshine reduce probability , probably not to zero :-)

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Surely clean air is the reason for that.

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