The Aptitude Test Box
At the Your Life Work Show (ART+TECH Artist-in-Residency Program at Cerritos College)
Multimedia
Cerritos College Art Galleries
2016
Aptitude tests have served as tools of the modern state to define, classify, categorize, and predict human practical and intellectual abilities in order to administer the population and its contribution to the work force. The Aptitude Test Box contains quotes from the Your Life Work Series, a number of videos produced in Iowa in the early 1940s during World War II. They were based on ideas of that time about life and work, while they also reflect the vision contained in the Federal Vocational Education Act of 1917. They were written by Arthur P. Twogood, Associate Professor of Vocational Education at Iowa State College.
Los exámenes de aptitude han servido como herramientas del estado moderno para definir, clasificar, categorizar, y predecir las habilidades prácticas e intelectuales con el objetivo de administrar a la población y sus contribuciones a la fuerza laboral. La caja del examen de aptitude contiene citas de la serie Your Life Work Series, una serie de videos producidos en Iowa a inicios de los años 40 durante la segunda guerra mundial. Estaban basados en ideas de la época sobre la vida y el trabajo, a la vez que reflejaban la vision contenida en el Federal Vocational Education Act de 1917. Fueron escritas por Arthur P. Twogood, profesor asociado de Educación Vocacional en Iowa State College.
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