CHAPTER 2

PRACTICAL ARTS AND VOCATIONAL

EDUCATION COMPARED

Julie V. Salmingo
 MEANING OF PRACTICAL ARTS EDUCATION

 Art is something that requires personal skill of execution.

 Science is an organized body of facts.
 Philosophy consists of convictions we hold.

PRACTICAL ARTS AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMPARED

 WHAT PRACTICAL ARTS EDUCATION INCLUDES
Four Fields of Instruction
 Agriculture

is the science, art (skills)and business of cultivating the soil,

producing crops and raising farm animals. (Awuku et. al, 1991)
 Business

where goods and services are exchanged for one another or for money.
(Business Dictionary, 2018)
 Homemaking

home management
 Industry

the companies and activities involved in the production of goods for sale,
esp. in a factory (Business Dictionary, 2018)
PRACTICAL ARTS AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMPARED
 SCOPE OF PRACTICAL ARTS AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
PRACTICAL ARTS EDUCATION
1.) Agriculture Arts Education
(General Agricultural Education)
ex: school gardening & club activities of a pre-
vocational nature
2.)Business Arts Education
(General Business Education)
ex: course in junior business practice
3.)Household Arts Education
(General Home Economics)
ex: clothing and food
4.) Industrial Arts Education
appreciational, exploratory, guidance, and
each other reasons on pre-vocational, general
education basis
PRACTICAL ARTS AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMPARED
VOCATIONAL ARTS EDUCATION
1.) Vocational Agricultural Education
ex: successful farming
2.) Vocational Business Education
ex: prepare person for useful business or
commercial callings
3.) Vocational Home Economics Education
(Vocational Homemaking Education)
seeks to prepare girls and women for
homemaking as a career
4.) Vocational Industrial Education
(Trade and Industrial Education)
seeks to fit individuals for useful employment in
trade or industrial pursuits
Practical arts education seeks to broaden, enrich, and modernize
general education.

Vocational education, instruction intended to equip persons for

industrial or commercial occupations. (Encyclopedia Britannica,
2018)

PRACTICAL ARTS AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMPARED

 PRACTICAL ARTS EDUCATION DEFINED

 To develop basic skills in, and understanding and appreciation of useful or

practical arts.

 Alsoknown as part of general education at the secondary school level of

practical arts education.

 Controlling
objective is to help the learner understand the world of work
and to determine his interest, or lack of it, in certain areas that are
sampled or studies.

PRACTICAL ARTS AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMPARED

 THE PLACE OF PRACTICAL ARTS

FUNCTIONS
 To serve as a challenge and inspiration to students who find joy in making
objects.
 To vitalize the curriculum through handwork which is representative of the world
of industry and crafts.
 To develop insights and appreciations through a combination of manipulative
work and of related reflective thinking.
 To provide opportunities for creative self-expression through exploration a variety
of materials, tools and processes.
 To contribute to industrial intelligence and understanding through information,
observation and study of the working conditions in representative occupations.
 To unify learning and integrate education through creative work.

PRACTICAL ARTS AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMPARED

 PRACTICAL ARTS AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMPARED
Basis of Comparison
1.) Purpose
2.) Grade level of learner
3.) Time allotment per week
4.) Nature of equipment
5.) Relative emphasis on skills
6.) Place of instruction
7.) Federal aid
PRACTICAL ARTS AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMPARED
Practical Arts Education
Nonvocational, general
Grades 1-6; Grades 7-9
Two periods; 45-60 minutes per week
Industrial Arts: light, portable,
inexpensive
General Home Economics: same as
for vocational homemaking
General Agriculture: simpler tools
Standards are relatively low
School buildings, home workshops
Federal aid needed; Legislation
pending
Vocational Education
To fit definitely for efficient
employment, or to enable workers to
improve and progress on their
vocation
Grades 10,11 & 12; out of school
youth, older persons
All-day school, half time (15 hours per
week)
Trade and Industrial: sturdy, expensive
Vocational Homemaking:same as for
general home economics
Vocational Agriculture: same as used
in good farm practiced
Highly skilled, resourceful workers
Schools, industrial establishments
Smith-Hughes Act if 1917, George-
Deen Act of 1936
Quiz
Answer the following:

1.) Art _________________________________.

2.) Science is an _________________.
3.) Practical arts defined as to _______________ in, and understanding and appreciation of useful or
practical arts.
.
4-10) 4 Fields of Instruction in Practical Arts

10-16
Complete the table (see next slide)
 PRACTICAL ARTS AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMPARED
Basis of Comparison
1.) Purpose
2.) Grade level of learner
3.) Time allotment per week
4.) Nature of equipment
5.) Relative emphasis on skills
6.) Place of instruction
7.) Federal aid
PRACTICAL ARTS AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMPARED
Practical Arts Education
11.)________________, general
Grades 1-6; Grades 7-9
Two periods; 45-60 minutes per week
Industrial Arts: light, portable,
inexpensive
General Home Economics: same as
for vocational homemaking
General Agriculture: 13.) __________
14._________________________
School buildings, home workshops
Federal aid needed; Legislation
pending
Vocational Education
To fit definitely for efficient
employment, or to enable workers to
improve and progress on their
vocation
Grades 10,11 & 12;
12.)___________________, older persons
All-day school, half time (15 hours per
week)
Trade and Industrial: sturdy, expensive
Vocational Homemaking:same as for
general home economics
Vocational Agriculture: same as used
in good farm practiced
Highly skilled, resourceful workers
15.) _______________________________
16.)_________________________