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Download full textBrix, Michael – American Educator, 2022
A longtime construction industry professional and business owner, the author transitioned to career and technical education (CTE) in 2014. Since becoming a construction trades instructor at Woodruff Career and Technical Center in Peoria, Illinois, he has been central to Peoria's CTE renaissance. Currently, he teaches renewable energy and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Career Pathways, Experiential Learning, Vocational Education Teachers
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Direct linkGentner, Dedre; Levine, Susan C.; Ping, Raedy; Isaia, Ashley; Dhillon, Sonica; Bradley, Claire; Honke, Garrett – Cognitive Science, 2016
We tested whether analogical training could help children learn a key principle of elementary engineering--namely, the use of a diagonal brace to stabilize a structure. The context for this learning was a construction activity at the Chicago Children's Museum, in which children and their families build a model skyscraper together. The results…
Descriptors: Children, Museums, Logical Thinking, Engineering
Mantawy, Islam M.; Rusch, Conner; Ghimire, Sushil; Lantz, Lucas; Dhamala, Hari; Shrestha, Bipesh; Lampert, Anthony; Khadka, Mohit; Bista, Anima; Soni, Rhytham; Shaik, Abdulu Saleem; Lujan, Eric; Boyd, Mika; Pickings, Richard; Mabrich, Alexander – Education Sciences, 2019
Educational approaches in structural engineering have focused on classical methods for solving problems with manual calculations through assignments, quizzes, and exams. The use of computational software to apply the learned knowledge has been ignored for decades. This paper describes an educational approach to tackle the lack of applicable…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Active Learning, Student Projects, Construction (Process)
Miller, Walter H. – Tech Educ, 1969
Bimonthly Supplement to Ind Arts Vocat Educ; v58 n9 Nov 1969
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Building Trades, Case Studies, Construction (Process)
Production Technology Curriculum Materials FY 90. Illinois Plan for Industrial Technology Education.
Gallo, Dennis; And Others – 1990
This packet contains technology-based learning activities for the production technology course at the orientation level (grades 9 and 10) of the Illinois Plan for Industrial Technology Education curriculum project. The packet includes a course rationale, mission, description, and outline. Suggested learning objectives and suggested learning…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Building Trades, Construction (Process), Grade 10
Illinois Occupational Skill Standards and Credentialing Council, Carbondale. – 2003
These skill standards for the industrial maintenance general maintenance cluster are intended to be a guide to workforce preparation program providers in defining content for their programs and to employers to establish the skills and standards necessary for job acquisition. An introduction provides the Illinois perspective; Illinois Occupational…
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Building Trades, Community Colleges, Competency Based Education
Illinois Occupational Skill Standards and Credentialing Council, Carbondale. – 2002
These Illinois skill standards for the welding cluster are intended to serve as a guide to workforce preparation program providers as they define content for their programs and to employers as they establish the skills and standards necessary for job acquisition. They could also serve as a mechanism for communication among education, business,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education
Courson, Roger L.; And Others – 1983
This curriculum guide includes teaching packets for nine problem areas of study to be included in a core curriculum for 11th-grade or third-year students enrolled in rural agricultural programs in Illinois. Each problem area includes some or all of the following components: suggestions to the teacher, a teacher guide, a competency inventory, an…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Machinery
Nelms, Howard F. – 1978
A two-phase curriculum project was undertaken in Illinois to develop, test, and implement a two-year competency-based model for the education of secondary school building construction teachers in the area of residential structures. During the first contract period, skill and knowledge competencies were identified and validated for thirteen units…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Building Trades, Community Colleges, Competency Based Teacher Education
Dimmlich, David – 1988
These cluster matrices provide duties and tasks that form the basis of instructional content for secondary, postsecondary, and adult training programs industrial health occupations. The 14 clusters (and the job titles included in each cluster) are as follows: (1) construction (bricklayer, carpenter, building maintenance worker, electrician,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Appliance Repair, Auto Body Repairers, Auto Mechanics
