AN OBJECTIVE METHOD FOR DETERMINING 

 CERTAIN FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES 

 IN SECONDARY AGRICULTURAL 

 EDUCATION 



INTRODUCTION 



There is a tendency to distinguish somewhat sharply be- 

 tween general education and vocational training for farm boys. 

 Whether this is advisable may be an open 



There is a probable question. However, it aids in simply- 

 advantage in distin- fying the problem of curriculum-making 

 guishing rather in that we can decide more easily what 

 sharply between knowledge really functions in a particu- 

 general education lar phase of instruction. Using such 

 and vocational knowledge as a basis we can then more 

 training. readily derive the necessary principles 



and devise the best training courses. 



1 he ideas of minimal essentials and job analyses are com- 

 ing to be especially helpful in what they can contribute to the 

 field of secondary agricultural instruc- 



Nature as well as tion. * One cannot, however, press the 

 nurture needs con- study of these problems very far without 

 sideration in educa- realizing the importance of another line 

 tional questions. that will not permit itself to be disre- 



garded when questions of materials and 



methods are under consideration. Kelly feels that nature is more 

 important than nurture in deciding certain educational prin- 

 ciples. 2 Educational and vocational direction have been receiv- 

 ing much attention in city schools and urban trades and indus- 

 tries, but the writer is beginning to think that "fitness for farm- 



1. They are helpful, not in determining all that should be 

 taught but rather in aiding in the selection of the vital from the 

 mass of available material and organizing it into problems, pro- 

 jects, units, etc. 



2. Educational Guidance, by Truman L. Kelly, Ph. D. 

 Teachers College Contribution to Education, Pages 13 and 72. 



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