HBCU’s have always been involved in STEM and STEAM, the paradigm of change is from the 19th century to 21st century integration and application.” William Jackson Adjunct Instructor Edward Waters College HBCU’s like Edward Waters College are empowering their students with new concentrations in educational disciplines that have traditionally been taught from a past grown from centuries of slavery, the focus is to apply these areas to 21st century applications in the context of STEAM / STEM / STREAM and CSTEAM.
HBCU’s have served to educate and empower thousands of free slaves so that they have the skills to function and excel in professions that capitalize in areas that slaves were already skilled in. Fields like agriculture, horticulture, animal care and others were physically demanding, but the cognitive applications were just as important.Wm Jackson STEAM Teacher
The statement that education is the best economic development tool rings true from slavery even to today’s 21st century era of technology innovation and integration. HBCU’s primary responsibility was to educate freed slaves to read and write. The skills they had learned during slavery did not require a formal education so slaves had to learn and understand when and where to plant and harvest crops, slaves had to learn how to managelivestock either for application in working or for food. Slaves had to understand the patterns of weather in order to plant, manage and harvest at peak times to maximum time to make sure the harvest could make the most money for the plantation owner.
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