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Today's vocational education professionals need to keep current in the materials they use to help tomorrow's workers. However, the history of vocational education has remained blurred in thousands of pages of reports, magazine articles, and other organized literature. But now Howard Gordon has achieved a milestone by writing a comprehensive and insightful book chronicling the history of vocational education. including its growth and transformation in American society. Howard Gordon, historian of the American Vocational Education Research Association, presents a unique book that has long been missing in the field of vocational education. This book details the history and growth of vocational education in the United States, from its roots in European educational theory to its refinement by Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois to its mounting importance for technological workforce preparation in the twenty-first century. The author presents in-depth study of the legislation and theory that shaped vocational education in the United States. Also included are the contributions of women and African-Americans. Historians, teachers, vocational education professionals, and others interested in the topic.

Foreword

xi

(2)

Preface

xiii

(2)

Acknowledgments

xv

PART I

1

(33)

1 Early Beginnings of Vocational Education in America

1

(17)

European Influence on Vocational Education

2

(2)

Apprenticeship in America

4

(5)

Industrial Revolution

9

(1)

The Manual Training Movement

10

(3)

Phases of Technology Development

13

(2)

Summary

15

(1)

Discussion Questions and Activities

15

(1)

References

16

(2)

2 Leaders Influencing Vocational Curriculum Development

18

(16)

Historical Role of Booker T. Washington

18

(2)

Views of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois

20

(3)

Views of David Snedden, Charles Prosser, and John Dewey

23

(5)

A Redefinition of Manual Training

28

(1)

Differences in Educational Philosophies: John Dewey and Charles Prosser

29

(2)

Summary

31

(1)

Discussion Questions and Activities

32

(1)

References

32

(2)

PART II

34

(54)

3 Impact of Land-Grant Institutions on the Professional Growth of Vocational Education

34

(14)

First Morrill Act (Adopted July 2, 1862)

36

(2)

Second Morrill Act (Adopted August 30, 1890)

38

(4)

The Smith-Lever Agricultural Extension Act

42

(3)

Summary

45

(1)

Discussion Questions and Activities

46

(1)

References

47

(1)

4 Selected Factors That Influenced Vocational Education Development

48

(16)

Impact of War Activities

48

(4)

Study Panels

52

(6)

American Vocational Association (AVA)

58

(3)

Summary

61

(1)

Discussion Questions and Activities

62

(1)

References

62

(2)

5 Legislative History and the Changing Workforce

64

(24)

Pre-1917 Laws and Bills

64

(2)

Authors of Federal Legislation for Vocational Education

66

(1)

Major Vocational Legislation 1917-1984

67

(10)

Reform and Vocational Education

77

(1)

Vocational Education in the 1990s

78

(5)

Implications for Today's Global Workforce

83

(1)

Summary

84

(1)

Discussion Questions and Activities

85

(1)

References

86

(2)

PART III

88

(32)

6 Participation of Women in Vocational Education

88

(15)

Historical Work Roles of Women in Vocational Education

89

(2)

Legislative Breakthroughs Affecting Women

91

(4)

Selected Problems Associated with Sex Equity

95

(4)

Summary

99

(1)

Discussion Questions and Activities

100

(1)

References

100

(3)

7 Participation of Special Needs Populations in Vocational Education

103

(17)

Historical Relationship Between Ethnic Groups and Vocational Education

104

(8)

Participation of Special Education Students in Vocational Education

112

(2)

Challenges for Vocational Educators

114

(2)

Summary

116

(1)

Discussion Questions and Activities

117

(1)

References

117

(3)

PART IV

120

(47)

8 Vocational Instructional Programs and Teacher Preparation

120

(27)

Areas of Study

120

(13)

Vocational Enrollments by Program Area

133

(3)

Teachers in Vocational Education

136

(5)

Selected Entities Influencing Growth in Vocational Education Programs

141

(2)

Summary

143

(1)

Discussion Questions and Activities

144

(1)

References

145

(2)

9 Development of Vocational Student Organizations

147

(20)

Public Law 81-740

148

(1)

Organizational Structure and Role of the VSOs

148

(2)

Federally Recognized VSOs

150

(11)

Vocational Student Organizations and the School-To-Work Opportunities Act of 1994

161

(3)

Summary

164

(1)

Discussion Questions and Activities

165

(1)

References

166

(1)

Appendices

167

(23)

A Ordering Information for Vocational Education Videos

167

(1)

B European-American Evolution of Vocational Education

168

(2)

C Quotations of Booker T. Washington

170

(2)

D Prosser's Sixteen Theorems

172

(2)

E Growth of Vocational Education Preparation and Retraining

174

(7)

F Fastest Growing jobs for the Twenty-First Century

181

(1)

G Appropriations for Vocational Education for Fiscal Years 1952 to 1966

182

(1)

H School-To-Work Opportunities and the Fair Labor Standards Act

183

(5)

I Excerpt from the Atlanta Exposition Address

188

(2)

Glossary

190

(8)

Index

198

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