AEE 501
Foundations
of Agricultural and Extension Education
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Philosophical
Issues in Agricultural and Extension Education
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Introduction: |
Since 1892 there have been debates about the goals of education. During the early days of vocational education there was a spirited debate, carried on the pages of The New Republic magazine, between John Dewey and David Snedden regarding the goals and implementation of vocational education. There was a parallel debate (The Atlantic Monthly) between W. E. B. Dubois and Booker T. Washington about the most appropriate form of education for the Negro. This basically was a debate of classical education versus vocational education. Today we are still debating some of the same philosophical issues. And there is a similar discussion in Extension about the audiences to be served, appropriate delivery methods, etc. By studying the past, we may gain additional insight into the future. |
Lesson Objectives:
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At the completion
of the
lesson you should be able to:  Differentiate
between the views of John Dewey and David Snedden
regarding the form and implementation of vocational education. Differentiate
between the views of W. E. B. DuBois and Booker T.
Washington regarding the best type of education for the Negro. Identify
philosophical issues facing agricultural and extension education in the
past and today. Identify
the major reports and reform movements that have impacted on
agricultural and extension education. |
Learning Activities:
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Take the Philosophical
Issues in Agricultural and Extension Education pre-test to
see
how much you need to learn. Also take
the Reform
Movements and Agricultural and Extension Education pretest to see how much you know about these issues. Read AN
ASSESSMENT OF THE HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION REFORM
by Emery J. Hyslop-Margison from the Journal of Career and
Technical Education (Spring 2001). Read "Integrating
Academic
and Vocational Education: Lessons from Early Innovators" from the
Rand
Corporation and mentally compare this with the previous article.
Visit the PBS site "Booker
T. & W.E.B." to learn about the contrasting views of Booker T.
Washington and W.E.B. DuBois regarding the education of the Negro.
Read "The
Case of the Negro" written by Booker T. Washington in 1899 for The
Atlantic Monthly. Read "Of
the
Training of Black Men" written by W.E.B. DuBois in 1902 for The
Atlantic
Monthly. Mabel Grimes ponders the philosophy of extension in
her short article Stand
for Nothing-Fall for Anything in the Journal of Extension
About 10 years ago the Maryland CES took at
hard look at their philosophical underpinnings. Read about it in Stating Our Values
and Beliefs in the Journal of Extension. View the
web document "Educational
Reform During the Past 100 Years" Participate
in an interactive PowerPoint Presentation on Reform
Movement Jeopardy. When you get to
the second slide click on any book icon. That will take you to a
question to be
answered. Mentally answer the question and then advance one slide to
see the
answer. Click on the house (home) icon to return to the main Jeaopary
board.
All of the material in the slide presentation comes directly from the
web
site above. Dowload the presentation here.There is
an alternative version of the
PowerPoint. It contains much of the same information (plus a little
more) of the previous slide set but it is not interactive. This is the
presentation that was used with the on-campus students this year. |
Assignments:
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After
exploring the views of Dewey, Snedden, Washington
and DuBois focus on one of those individuals by briefly synthesizing
that
individuals view regarding education (2-3 paragraphs at the most) and
then
tell in 1-2 paragraphs why you support OR oppose his views. Try to keep
this
under one page.
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