RECONSTRUCTING THE VOCATIONAL LIBERAL STUDIES CONTROVERSY
Abstract
Throughout North America there is a general recognition that public school curricula, particularly at the secondary level, need to be revised and reformed. With this recognition, the vocational/liberal studies controversy in education that opened the twentieth century has resurfaced with a new sense of urgency at its close. In the course of pointing out close similarities in both the earlier and current manifestations of this debate, the article argues that contemporary educators would do well to revisit John Dewey's thinking as they go about determining and solidifying their position on this important and divisive issue. RÉSUMÉ Dans toute l'Amérique du Nord, on admet généralement que les programmes des écoles publiques, surtout au niveau du secondaire, doivent être révisés et réformés. Cela étant, la polémique sur la formation professionnelle et les études libérales qui dure depuis le début du XXIe siècle a de nouveau fait surface avec un certain sentiment d'urgence en cette fin de siècle. En soulignant les analogies qui existent dans les manifestations anciennes et actuelles de ce débat, les auteurs de l'article déclarent que les éducateurs modernes feraient bien de revoir les réflexions de John Dewey avant de solidifier leur position sur ce dossier important qui sème la discorde.Downloads
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1994-09-01
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Busby, J., & Graham, R. J. (1994). RECONSTRUCTING THE VOCATIONAL LIBERAL STUDIES CONTROVERSY. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 29(003). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/8191
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