Under the Corporate Thumb: Troubles With Our MATE (Modular Approach to Technology Education)
By: Stephen Petrina
Open Access
|Sep 1993Abstract
In 1939, Ruth Streitz, a professor of education from The Ohio State University, wrote rather candidly of a proliferation of “canned units” in educa- tion. Units of work had been somehow interpreted to be glorified lesson packets of subject matter that could be bought and sold in somewhat of an unrestrained market. Given their relevance to contemporary problems with “modules” in technology education, her concerns are instructive:
Journal eISSN: 1045-1064
Language: English
Page range: 72 - 80
Published on: Sep 22, 1993
Published by: Virginia Tech
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1993 Stephen Petrina, published by Virginia Tech
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.