Past employment in industry is a poor measure of a vocational teacher's mastery of his trade. Consider, instead, expertly monitored trade competency exercises. (Editor)

Presents a schematic floor plan of industrial arts teaching facilities for three suggested occupational clusters of industry especially useful in the solution of school dropout problems of inner city disadvantaged youth. (GR)

Describes the needs, identification and typical living conditions of disadvantaged youth. (GR)

In the third edition of the basic text, which deals with the methodology of preparing courses of study in industrial arts and vocational education, the title and content have been modified to include technical education. The authors stress the importance of the teacher's ability to organize instructional material where manipulative processes are…

Proposes eight imperatives for meeting the inner-city crisis. (SB)

Describes a plan for using construction concepts to provide for prefabricated service components, flexible use of floor space, and the designing of uniform floor and ceiling sections. (Author)

Industrial arts is to suffer much change in the immediate future if it is to survive. In teaching modern American industry, the most effective methods and equipment must be used. Duplication of facilities should be minimized and larger unit facilities should be geared to team teaching. Machines and equipment should be designed to move freely from…