Upon completion of this lesson the learner will be able to:
Describe
the evolution of education in America
Identify
early legislation in education
Discuss Farm-Life
Schools in North Carolina
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Class 10:
Evolution
of Career and Technical Education
Upon completion of this lesson the learner will be able to:
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| Introduction:
E. D. Hirsch Jr. wrote a book in 1987 titled "Cultural
Literacy." In this forceful
manifesto Professor E. D. Hirsch, Jr., argues that children in
the
United States are being deprived of the basic knowledge that would
enable
them to function in contemporary society. They lack cultural literacy:
a
grasp of background information that writers and speakers assume their
audience
already has. Thus even if a student has a basic competence in the
English
language, he or she has little chance of entering the American
mainstream
without knowing what a silicon chip is or when the Civil War was
fought.
In this book Hirsch identifies 5,000 names, dates, essential facts and
concepts
that an educated person should know.
Professionals in agricultural education need to possess "AgriCULTURAL Education LITERACY". This lesson focuses on the evolution of education so they you can become more educationally literate. |
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Learning Activities: |
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Take the Evolution of Education pretest to see what you know about education in America prior to the modern era. |
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View the PowerPoint presentation on Evolution of Education or download it. | ||
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View a chronological list of important events in North Carolina Agricultural Education up until 1917. |
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Assignments: |  There
are no specific
assignments for this lesson. |