Philadelphia+Exposition+1876

National Gallery of Art

1876 Philadelphia Exposition  o Philadelphia Exposition: Included a display of the Russian plan for training engineers.  o The Imperial Technical Institute, Moscow, Russia, Victor Della Vos.  o Development of:  § Unit shops  § One instructor & many students  § Series of graded exercises performed in sequential order  § Performance from simple to complex  § <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Analysis for identifying course content <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0in 10pt 1.5in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> § <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Course of study was born <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0in 10pt 1.5in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> § <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Worked from drawings constructed by students

<span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 63pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 63.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The Russian system exhibition at the 1876 Centennial Exposition strongly influenced John D. Runkle of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Through the work of Runkle and others the Russian system still influences technical education today.