New Paradigm or Old Wine? The Status of Technology Education Practice in the United States.

Sanders, Mark

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ERIC Number: EJ624352

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Publication Date: 2001

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New Paradigm or Old Wine? The Status of Technology Education Practice in the United States.

Sanders, Mark

Journal of Technology Education, v12 n2 p35-55 Spr 2001

Data from 406 middle and high school technology education programs showed that substantive changes have taken place in the shift from industrial arts to technology education in terms of purposes and teaching methods. Problem solving is now emphasized over skill development. Less change has occurred in the demographic makeup of faculty and students. (Contains 34 references.) (SK)

Descriptors: Educational Change, High Schools, Industrial Arts, Middle Schools, Standards, State of the Art Reviews, Technology Education

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