Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Do you agree or disagree with theorem 3 and why?

I completely agree. I think as a CTE instructor it is vital to increase the students awareness of the world around them and expose them to ideas that make them view problems in multiple lights and from different perspectives. As a manufacturing instructor, I have the ability incorporate environmental and economical processes and problems into my class discussions and projects. In my Production Enterprises class, just recently, we discussed some of the sources of the depletion of the American manufacturing and work force. I had the students write out their opinion for the prevalence of the "made in China" tag on so many US sold products, then they were to come up with a way to revitalize the industry to produce more products with the label "Made in the USA". The students did this as a warm-up and we then had a long class discussion afterwards. I was very surprised at the responses, it ranged from very informed to very uninformed. We talked about international trade, tariffs, corporate and political responsibilities, China's lack in labor and environmental control, and even the difference in cost of goods and money manipulation. I love these topics, it helps broaden the students thoughts, and exercise their opinion.

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