A new thrust for industrial arts would explore the application of technology to the solution of the major social, environmental, and operational problems that face mankind. (JK)

The nature and the needs of the individual in the late 20th and 21st centuries will be influenced by a number of interrelated factors. Four such factors are environmental change, a changing society, population growth, and the individual. Each of these factors will play a prominent role in shaping future educational directions for the industrial…

A four-phase process was used to develop the Maryland Plan: (1) goal-identification, (2) analysis of goal-related behavior and experiences, (3) integration of these experiences into a living-learning involvement with the industrial art curriculum content, and (4) evaluation. The plan made use of the behavioral analysis process as a technique to…

To be meaningful in the modern world, the senior high school industrial arts program should explore the application of technology in the solution of major social, environmental, and operational problems that face mankind. The content should be relevant for all students and involve them in the problems of the present and future. University of…

A rationale for teaching the heritage of technology points out that technology has been used to alter the environment, social institutions, and civilizations, and has a profound effect on human living. An outline for a curriculum in technical heritage shows that it should be taught with respect to three periods--the past, the present, and the…

The time has come to reexamine the role of industrial arts in the high schools. Our society is no longer in the industrial era but rather in the post-industrial era which is characterized by pressing social problems. Solutions must be found for the problems of pollution, power generation, housing, transportation, communication, conservation, more…