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Peer reviewedLuetkemeyer, Joseph F. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1987
The author provides a historical review of the Snedden/Prosser Paradigm to enhance understanding of the social efficency philosophy that obviously influenced passage of the Smith-Hughes Act of 1917. This paradigm promoted a form of social control that mandated students' occupation and social position based on background and ability. (CH)
Descriptors: Educational History, Models, Public Education, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedCoe, Gloria; Leutkemeyer, Joseph – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1984
Traces the process by which nursing education obtained funds under the Smith-Hughes Act of 1917 and identifies the role of the Federal Board for Vocational Education in establishing the precedents that led to health occupations education as a part of vocational education. (SK)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational History, Federal Aid, Nursing Education
