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When life experience is not integrated in the classroom it may be that teachers believe teaching and learning should revolve around that which is new to students and they consider prior knowledge of daily work as too familiar; they may fail to make the connection between prior knowledge and new knowledge and the power of farm life work in students' life experiences.","abstract_html":"Educators may not understand the contribution farm work makes to the conceptual development of farm youth. 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Thus he does not develop a broad context for understanding thinking in relation to life/work experience and other dimensions of human experience related to thinking, such as feelings, beliefs, and values.","This study explores the idea of farm work's relationship to concept formation and world view by specifically showing how the ritualistic aspects of harvesting and planting contain meaning. By establishing work related to growing crops as folklore of work, the meaning of work is shown through folk idea. Glassie's description of work and world view shows how the Irish farmer's world view is based on abstract concepts which grow out of his work. The prose writings of the other corroborating authors help build a generalization with implications for other farmers.","The overall design of the study is a synthesis connecting a philosophical framework with a literary critique of an agrarian novel and a review of print narratives about farm life. 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