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Rumpf, Edwin L. – American Education, 1975
By ancient tradition, training for a job was excluded from the school curriculum - and then came 1917 and Smith-Hughes. (Editor)
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational History, Federal Legislation, Secondary School Curriculum
Peer reviewedWirth, Arthur G. – Educational Forum, 1972
An interesting perspective on the current controversies about the shortcomings of the public schools is provided by the views of the man who is the subject of this paper, Charles A. Prosser. (Editor)
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Legislation, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
Peer reviewedWirth, Arthur G. – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 1974
Traces the ideology and development of vocational education in this country, culminating in the Smith-Hughes Act of 1917. (Editor/PG)
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Legislation, Educational Philosophy, General Education
Barlow, Melvin L. – American Vocational Journal, 1976
The beginnings of vocational education are more readily seen during the period 1876-1926. They are characterized by the rise of manual training, trade schools, home economics movements, and agricultural education. The Smith-Hughes Act was passed in response to the demands of the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education. (EC)
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational History, Educational Legislation, Educational Trends
Download full textHyslop-Margison, Emery J. – 1999
Early in the 20th century, vocational education was a concern of educators in the United States as schools struggled to meet labor force needs during the shift from an agrarian to an industrial economic base. A 1914 Congress-authorized commission studied whether federal aid to vocational education was warranted. Charles Prosser, a student of…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational History
Swift, Fletcher Harper – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1923
Every great war in which the United States has played a part has been followed by educational developments of supreme national importance. As the result of the Revolutionary War the Federal Government acquired a vast public land domain from which it has carved generous grants to the States. Those became the foundation of systems of free public…
Descriptors: Educational History, Government Role, Role of Education, Educational Trends
