Gives federal industrial arts data in a concise manner. Provides a picture of industrial arts much as the policy makers might see. Gives statistics on enrollment, institutions, faculty, funding, and student organizations. (JOW)

Implementation of the Illinois Plan for Industrial Technology Education was assessed through interviews with 117 teachers. The assessment model (based on Stufflebeam's Context, Input, Process, Product) blended qualitative and quantitative information. Six key dimensions of change were identified, and the Transition Assessment Inventory proved…

The author seeks to investigate, analyze, synthesize, and subsequently propose some potential consequences of the interaction of industrial arts and postsecondary/adult education as set within the context of today's highly demanding society. He offers some constructive challenges for the industrial arts profession to increase its service to…

This monograph presents a compilation of research in industrial arts education from 1968 through 1979. The first section reviews studies which deal with the philosophical bases of industrial arts and which examine its historical development. The second section identifies studies that emphasized industrial arts' role as an integral component of a…

This document contains a description of the activities, concerns, findings, and recommendations of the Missouri Industrial Arts Study Project. It is intended to be a foundation on which the state's industrial arts programs, to be renamed "industrial technology education," can be built. The study summarized in this report was conducted by…