Practical arts (home economics and industrial arts), art, and music (PAM) were recombined into sixteen new elective courses to give early secondary pupils greater exposure to these areas using central themes and allowing considerable flexibility in programing. (MS)

The author reviews the history of communication and communications technology, considers differences between "visual communication" and "graphic communication," and comments on "seeds of revolution" in the industry. He offers four components of an educational structure or organization titled "graphic…

Because of aesthetic and technical demands, the industrial arts department is often the natural home for teaching film-making and film-study; a wide variety of resources are available to help the industrial arts teacher prepare himself well to be on the leading edge of the fastest-spreading curricular change. (AJ)

The authors recommend a more appropriate curriculum for transportation in industrial arts than that currently in use. They say this could be achieved by adding an economic and human behavior emphasis to the mechanical orientation proposed by other educators. (CT)

An interdisciplinary approach to the teaching of industrial arts, home economics, and art is being developed at Cox Landing Junior High School, Huntington, West Virginia, through the designing of a unified arts guide. The needs of the early adolescent are emphasized. (LH)

Studies have shown middle grade learners to differ in needs from the elementary and high school learners. By incorporating subject areas, an interdisciplinary or "unified" approach in teaching will make learning a more meaningful experience. (Editor)

Industrial arts educators must teach students about the dwindling supply of fossil fuels and make them aware of alternative sources of energy. (Editor/TA)

Seven areas of wood technology illustrates applicable techniques, processes, and products for an industrial arts woodworking curriculum. They are: wood lamination; PEG (polyethylene glycol) diffusion processes; wood flour and/or particle molding; production product of industry; WPC (wood-plastic-composition) process; residential construction; and…

Describes the "Resources in Technology" materials that were reproduced in earlier issues of Man/Society/Technology. They were selected from materials developed by the Technology Education Program of West Virginia University. Describes how they were created and how they can be used by teachers, teacher educators, and supervisors. (JOW)

Underlying the philosophy of industrial arts education are untenable dualisms that need to be resolved. Curriculum development should reconcile or synthesize the three sources of curriculum: individual, society, and subject matter. (SK)

Establishing a basis by (1) defining "system" and "systems analysis" and (2) showing how they can apply to curriculum design and evaluation, the author presents a five-step process, utilizing those concepts, for designing an industrial arts subsystem. (AG)

Provides a brief history of industrial arts curriculum development, a rationale for a technology-based study of industrial arts, and the use of a systems view in understanding and interpreting technology. (SK)