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Education in the Industrial Age Jennifer Nichols Bryn Gravitt Lauren Brown Lauren Freeman James Modi
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Project Road Map Early American Education Industrial Revolution –Causes –Results Transfer of Knowledge New Education Georgia Tech
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Early American Education Elementary Education –Focus on religion –Reliance on Domestic Sphere –Non-uniform –Voluntary –Lack of Progress
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Early American Education University System –Classical Education –Focus on Theology and Clergy –Looking to Past –Absence of Research –Opposition to progress
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Industrial Revolution Causes –Increase in Trade and Globalization –Availability of Natural Resources –Scientific Revolution –Early Communication Technology
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Industrial Revolution Results –Mingling of Ideas and Customs –Development of Urban Areas –Changing View of Society –Separation of Work and Home –Welfare –Focus on Progress
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Transfer of Knowledge Embracing Progress Shift in Philosophical Focus Focus on Human Efforts Emphasis on Application
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New Education Growing Concern for Younger Generations Education for Societal Improvement Movement away from Classical Education Progressive University Standards –Application of Studies Research and Development
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Georgia Tech President Isaac Hopkins Address
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Georgia Tech Reconstruction in the South –Competition –Embracing Progress Emergence of Georgia Tech –Focus on Application and Trade –Urban Presence
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Georgia Tech Development –Trade School –Technical Institute –Research Institute Continuing the Tradition Today –Nanotechnology –Globalization –Corporate Cooperation –Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
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