This report outlines the purpose, implementation, and results of a project designed to define the role of industrial arts in career education. Throughout the course of the project the major objectives were to develop a working definition of career education, identify the role of industrial arts in career education, foster implementation of…

This study developed a methodology to determine occupational emphases for high school vocational education program planning. Major considerations for the selected occupations were manpower needs, student needs and aspirations, and parental preferences. Occupations were ranked in 39 areas according to Bureau of Labor Statistics projections, and…

Training requirements were projected using survey data of agricultural employment needs and the number of students in agriculture in France and Sweden. Independent studies in each country investigated recent trends in agriculture, the present situation in agricultural education, employment training needs, and implications for the future.…