This document has been published by an ad-hoc committee with the purpose of guiding the development of industrial arts activities as an element of career education. The relationship of industrial arts education to career education and the scope and sequence of industrial arts activities within this relationship are discussed. The integration of…

Curricular development should be geared toward the study of industrial technology and must meet the needs of students. (MS)

The pilot project was intended to provide the industrial arts metals teachers with experiences and opportunities needed to help them plan, develop, and introduce occupationally-oriented information, activities, and experiences into industrial arts classes. Fourteen industrial arts metals teachers in the State of Missouri were selected from grades…

An overview of Iowa's plan for curriculum improvement in industrial arts, K-12, describes the development, content, and implementation strategies of a new State curriculum guide. Guide development involved two committees made up of teachers, supervisors, educators, and consultants from around the State who reviewed literature, recently developed…

Five career education institutes were conducted in West Virginia for 128 superintendents, principals, directors of vocational education, curriculum specialists, and guidance personnel representing 30 counties in the State. The general objective of the institutes was to provide meaningful information and experience upon which educators in local…

Briefly presents some points of view on how the Industrial Arts Curriculum Project (ICAP) products relate to career education. (Author)

Junior high school industrial arts students learn in a program in which they select their area of learning, manage their activities, supervise themselves in procedures, and investigate career opportunities. (DS)

The authors describe the process by which curriculum guidelines were developed in a Federally funded State project; the guidelines set career education objectives appropriate for industrial arts courses, suggest learning activities, and identify resource materials. There are three sets--for elementary, junior high school, and secondary levels. (AJ)

The three broad goals of career education--learning to live, learning to learn, and learning to make a living--should be integrated into a lifelong educational process for the prime purpose of assisting every individual to become a fully capacitated, self-motivated, self-fulfilled, contributing member of society. The "guidelines" consider the role…

The Industrial Arts Section focused attention during the 1972 fiscal year on career education, the improvement of instruction, and industrial arts growth in Arizona. This annual report outlines accomplishments in each area: development, promotion, and implementation of the career education concept; improvement of instruction through improving the…

Prepared by the vocational education division of a state department of education and compiled by industrial arts educators, this resource guide provides a conceptual basis for the elementary teacher using industrial arts as a means of introducing children to industrial processes and orienting them to the physical and material world. Included in…

The Pulaski Community Schools have developed a career education curriculum that involves seventh and eighth graders in a year-long study of health, industrial arts, and business education. The Health Education Curriculum outlines 10 basic concepts and areas of study: social living, mental health, nutrition, tobacco, alcohol, drugs, hygiene,…

General session addresses focus on urban society and its impact on environment, government, and education with special emphasis on the industrial arts. Seventeen speeches within the AIA divisions of ACESIA, ACIAS, ACIATE, and AIACSA are included. Representative addresses from the major group and special interest sessions deal with the following…