AEE 501
Foundations of
Agricultural and Extension Education
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Federal Legislation
Impacting on Agricultural and Extension Education, 1914-1957
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Introduction:
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Both agricultural
education and the Cooperative Extension Service have been closely tied
to federal
legislation. Most of us have heard of such federal acts as the
Smith-Lever
and Smith-Hughes Act but have never examined them. An educated person
should know some of the details contained in both the Smith-Lever and
Smith-Hughes Act. A doctoral student should know these acts inside and
out. In this lesson we
will
learn more about federal legislation that has impacted on agricultural
and
extension education up until 1957. Then we enter a totally different
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Lesson Objectives:
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At the completion
of
the lesson you should be able to:  Describe the major
provisions of the Smith-Lever and Smith-Hughes Act. Describe the
provisions of the Memorandum of Understanding. Describe
the impact of the Capper-Ketchum Act on Extension.Identify
the "minor" acts passed prior to 1963 that impacted agricultural and
extension education. Discuss
the GI Bill and its impact on agricultural education. |
Learning Activities:
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Take the Federal
Legislation pre-test to see how much you need to learn. Read the Smith-Lever
Act Read the Smith-Hughes
Act Read the Memorandum
of Understanding The article "Smith, Hughes,
Page, and Prosser" by William G. Camp from The Agricultural
Education Magazine (Feb. 1987; Vol. 59; Num. 8) provides some
insight into what went on behind the scenes to get the Smith-Lever and
Smith-Hughes Act passed. An article by Philip A. Grant Jr. titled "Senator Hoke
Smith, Southern Congressmen, and Agricultural Education, 1914-1917"
provides additional insight into the passage of the Smith-Lever and
Smith-Hughes
Act. This article is from Agricultural History; volume 60,
number
2; Spring 1986. "Charles A.
Prosser and the Smith-Hughes Act" is the title of the article
written by Arthur G. Wirth. This article should round out your
knowledge of this important
act. What lead up to the Memorandum of Understanding
between Vocational Agriculture and Extension? John Hillison's article "Agricultural
Education and Cooperative Extension: The Early Agreements" that
appeared in the Journal of Agricultural Education, Vol.37,
no.1, 1996 helps answer that question. View a PowerPoint Presentation on Era I (1906-1957) of Federal Legislation
impacting agricultural and extension education. Download this presentation. |
Assignments:
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Complete the Legislation I worsheet.
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