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Subject: TECHNICAL EDUCATION
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mr.dev 17.05.10 - 07:17pm
Technical Education, instruction in a skill or procedure, usually of a mechanical type, and at a level between that of the professional scientist or engineer and that of a skilled craftsperson. *
mr.dev 17.05.10 - 07:18pm
Technicians support scientists and
engineers by designing, developing, producing, and
maintaining machines and materials. *
mr.dev 17.05.10 - 07:18pm
The work of a technician
is more limited in scope than that of a scientist or engineer
and is commonly considered practical rather than theoretical
in its orientation.
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mr.dev 17.05.10 - 07:18pm
In industry, jobs for technicians range from those that are
narrow in scope and require relatively limited technical
understanding, such as the routine inspection of parts, to
those that require a considerable level of mathematical,
scientific, and applied technological ability, such as engineering
aide, instrumentation technician, draftsperson and tool designer.
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mr.dev 17.05.10 - 07:19pm
The growing field of computer technology is providing many new
employment opportunities for technicians. *
mr.dev 17.05.10 - 07:20pm
A technical education is acquired in a number of ways.
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mr.dev 18.05.10 - 10:06am
The first technical institute in the U.S. was the Lyceum, founded in
Gardiner, Maine, in 1822 to provide a suitable education for farmers
and mechanics in a 2-year course. *
mr.dev 18.05.10 - 10:07am
A number of mechanics institutes were
founded in the 1820s to provide lectures, libraries, and classes for their
members, but the spread of free public schools tended to eliminate the need
for this type of school. The only such institute that developed into the
present-day technical institute was the Ohio Mechanics Institute, founded
in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1828.
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mr.dev 18.05.10 - 10:08am
The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, founded in Troy, New York, in 1824,
to provide an education in the sciences for interested workers and others,
gradually evolved into a school of engineering, and its first class of civil
engineers graduated in 1835. Other early technical institutes that later
became engineering colleges include the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
and Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, both in New York
City; Drexel Institute of Technology (now Drexel University) in Philadelphia;
the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
(now Carnegie Mellon University); and the California Institute of Technology
in Pasadena, California.
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mr.dev 18.05.10 - 10:08am
Pratt Institute, which opened in 1887 in Brooklyn, New York, was one of
the best-known early technical institutes. Its first courses were intended
for experienced industrial crafts workers with a high school background and
two years of practical experience. In 1895 Pratt Institute introduced an
adaptation of the curriculum followed by the German Technikum, which
emphasized the practical applications of engineering. Pratt Institute
gradually changed, however, into a school offering regular 4-year
engineering programs. *
mr.dev 18.05.10 - 10:09am
Recognition of the excellence of Russian technical
schools, as shown by Russian exhibits at the Philadelphia Centennial
Exposition (1876), further improved technical instruction in the U.S.
which placed increased emphasis on acquiring basic skills before workshop
practice.
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mr.dev 18.05.10 - 10:15am
Many persons learn on the job and supplement their practical
experience with correspondence courses and evening school.
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mr.dev 18.05.10 - 10:15am
The armed forces train a large number of technicians, particularly
in electronics. Increasing numbers of technicians receive their
education in trade schools, technical high schools,
vocational-technical schools, community or junior colleges,
or technical institutes. *
mr.dev 18.05.10 - 10:16am
The trend is toward education beyond high
school, with more skilled technicians and technologists completing
either two or four years of college.
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mr.dev 18.05.10 - 10:16am
Many different courses and programs are available. Some schools
offer technical training in only a single field, others in a variety
of fields. *
mr.dev 18.05.10 - 10:16am
Some schools combine agricultural and industrial training
within the same school; other schools train skilled craftspeople as
well as technicians. *
mr.dev 18.05.10 - 10:17am
Junior or community colleges offering courses
primarily for craftspeople and technicians include courses in the
liberal arts, or the technical courses may be offered in a separate
division of a liberal arts-oriented junior college. *
mr.dev 18.05.10 - 10:17am
Some senior colleges
offer a 4-year baccalaureate program in engineering technology. *
mr.dev 18.05.10 - 10:18am
In 1917 the U.S. Congress passed the Smith-Hughes Act to promote vocational
education. Congress broadened the scope of this program several times and in
1958 authorized the training of technicians under the National Defense Education
Act. *
mr.dev 18.05.10 - 10:22am
In 1963 Congress expanded this program of vocational and technical education
still further. Recently, the total number of secondary, postsecondary, and adult
students in federally aided vocational and technical education classes was estimated
to exceed 13 million. *
mr.dev 18.05.10 - 10:22am
The greatest enrollments were in home economics, trade and industry,
office skills, and agriculture.
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mr.dev 18.05.10 - 10:23am
The standards in technical education have gradually risen since World War II.
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mr.dev 18.05.10 - 10:23am
In 1944 the Engineers Council for Professional Development (now the Accreditation
Board for Engineering and Technology) assumed responsibility for accrediting
technical institutes offering programs in engineering technology. *
mr.dev 18.05.10 - 10:23am
The approved
curriculum usually leads to an associate or bachelor's degree in engineering
technology.
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wj27 18.05.10 - 02:10pm
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