WED 466-3 Foundations of Workforce Education & Development Module 1 Historical, Philosophical, and Ethical Foundations

Learning Objectives Historical Development of Public Sector Workforce Education . . . of Private Sector Workforce Education Role and Contributions of the GI Bill Philosophical and Ethical Issues

Early Career and Technical Education in America Family and Churches Apprenticeships Beginnings of Universal Education Colonial Governments Benjamin Franklin Post-Revolutionary War Church Schools and Academies for the Wealthy Felt Need U.S. Constitution? Boston: Primary School System and a H.S. Massachusetts Law: Towns to fund H.S.s

Early Educational Movements Mechanical Institutes American Lyceum Manual Labor Technical Schools Land-Grant Act 1862 Trade Schools, post 1865 Corporate Schools

. . . Continued Educ. Reforms in the Elementary Schools Teacher Training, textbooks and lesson planning (Normal Schools) Child-Centered Curriculum Kindergarten Manual Training Washington U (St. Louis) M.I.T. Special Manual Training Schools Become Technical Schools

. . . Continued Passage of Compulsory School Laws – H.S. Douglas Commission of Massachusetts 1913 NEA Commission called for creation of the Comprehensive HS and Intermediate or Junior HS Basic Education Classical for College-bound Students Practical Natl. Soc. for the Promotion of Indus. Educ. 1906

. . . Continued - Movements to Include Practical Subjects in HS American Sloyd Arts & Crafts Correspondence Manual Arts Industrial Arts Agricultural Education, Home Economics, and General Business Educ. Comm. On Natl. Aid to Voc. Education, 1914 led to Smith-Hughes Act, 1917

Educational Philosophies of Dewey and Prosser – 20th Century John Dewey Democratic & Practical Manner: Equalize Individual Differences to Improve Rapidly Changing Society; Promote Personal Initiative & Adaptability Charles Prosser Democratic & Practical Manner: Develop Interest, Needs, & Aptitudes to Perpetuate Society Basis of Smith-Hughes

Servicemens’ Readjustment Act of 1944 Role of the Federal Government? Effects? On Colleges and Universities? Campus Living and Activities? Individual Lives? Society? Vocational Education?

Philosophical Influences on Education Idealism Realism Pragmatism Existentialism What should We Teach? How Should We Teach?

Professionalism & Ethics Four Ethical Obligations Promote Learning Ensure Health & Safety Protect the Public or Private Trust Promote the Transfer of Learning

. . . Continued True or False? “Invariably, workforce education professionals will encounter ethical conflicts in their careers?”