This guide to science, technology, and society (STS) education was assembled to assist school districts, curriculum specialists, and teachers in implementing STS in schools. The following categories of resources are included: newsletters and journals; academic series; general reading list; recent periodical literature; selected STS literature in…

This curriculum guide is an aid to administrators and instructors of industrial arts and vocational-technical school programs for the development of meaningful curriculum in plastics. The materials are intended for use at four levels: level I, exploring plastic technology; Level II, basic plastic technology; and levels III and IV, applied plastic…

In this study, the researchers used a classical Delphi method to re-examine the conceptual framework, definition, and knowledge base of the field. Seventeen engaged scholars, each representing the expert agricultural education community, reached consensus on defining the field of study, 10 knowledge domains, and 67 knowledge objects. The Delphi…

In the spring of 1965, West Virginia University called a moratorium on undergraduate enrollment in industrial arts education. This was to provide time for the faculty to review and develop a new approach to this program. An interdisciplinary conference was held in an attempt to meet this goal. It was designed to determine the university's function…

This collection of papers is intended to provide a means for the exchange of information on hydrological techniques and for the coordination of research and data collection. The objectives and trends in hydrological education are presented. The International Hydrological Decade (IHD) Working Group on Education recommends a series of topics that…

Examines the publication of a Science, Technology, and Society (STS) dictionary in China that provides secondary science teachers with curriculum resources. Contains 26 references. (DDR)

Describes one possible model for e-learning in undergraduate medical education with an emphasis on supporting and managing curriculum development. The Sheffield Networked Learning Environment (NLE) was developed in collaboration with other medical schools. (Author/SOE)

Discusses the potential global and societal futures that will affect all of humankind, the implications of these futures for education and learning, practical action steps that technology education should take to better address the potential alternative futures, and the educational data available to assist staffs, students, and communities through…

Discusses various aspects of new and emerging occupations: factors influencing these occupations (technological changes, demographic changes, legislation, life style changes, resource changes); and a process for identifying these new and emerging occupations (monitoring trends and collecting and processing data on these occupations). (CT)

A set of educational materials that have been developed which deal with chemical engineering applications in emerging technologies is described. The organization and the content of the supplemental textbook materials and how they can be integrated into an undergraduate reaction engineering course are discussed. (KR)

This document, the third in a series of three, contains the appendixes of a study designed to provide information for preparing a planning guide for drafting and design technology. Appendix A includes: (1) sample letters, (2) a questionnaire form, (3) statistical derivations, and (4) comparative topic ratings for the curriculum survey. Appendix B…

Introduces the Amazing Space program which is designed to enhance student mathematics, science, and technology skills using recent data and results from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Hubble Space Telescope mission. Explains the process of designing multi-media resources in a five-week summer workshop that partners…

This is an annotated listing of selected print and nonprint resource materials for a basic secondary social studies program in Canada. The list is intended to aid school systems and their personnel in selecting learning materials for use with the Alberta social studies curriculum as set out in their program of studies. Most items cited were…

This guide is intended to assist the teacher in exploring energy issues and the technology of solar energy conversion and associated technologies. Sections of the guide include: (1) Rationale; (2) Technology Overview; (3) Sun Day Suggestions for School; (4) Backyard Solar Water Heater; (5) Solar Tea; (6) Biogas; (7) Solar Cells; (8) Economics; (9)…

These guidelines were designed to be used in a training program for thirty secondary teachers who planned to implement "The Man Made World" course in their classrooms in the fall of 1970. Emphasis is upon a multi-disciplinary team-teaching approach to help students cope in the real world. Seven chapters are included. Chapter one, the rationale of…