This inventory lists appropriate behaviors or skills for industrial arts teachers at the middle and secondary school levels in the following seven areas: (1) program and course organization, (2) teaching methodology, (3) educational technology and media use, (4) laboratory management, (5) observation, (6) student performance evaluation, and (7)…

Based on a simulation of the American economic industrial society, this guide is intended to direct the teaching of mass production in the industrial arts classroom. It is designed so that the 11 units may be lifted out and studied individually or expanded for an interdisciplinary approach. These units cover the following concepts and activities:…

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…

This listing of behavioral objectives is designed to assist teachers in planning and developing learning activities in elementary industrial arts. It was developed from a project in Bertie County, North Carolina, in which industrial arts was correlated with the basic elementary curriculum. Separate behavioral objectives are presented for special…

Presents nine practical adages to help teachers motivate students. Topics include students' expectations, their uniqueness, and building confidence. (CH)

The author defines the term concept as it applies to technology education and reviews the research on the teaching of concepts. Guidelines for the teaching of technical concepts are presented. (CH)

The authors demonstrate how technology education teachers can improve the image of their programs. Topics include ideas to improve (1) self-image, (2) professional image, (3) the technology program, (4) image with the students, and (5) image with the administration. (CH)

These materials, which can be used to supplement a drafting program, are designed to assist the instructor in helping students develop a better understanding of certain areas of drafting. The materials are divided into exercises that allow the student to devote full attention to one aspect of drafting at a time, and tests, which can be used either…

The manual provides industrial arts instructors with information necessary to introduce and teach the metric system to their students. The instructional unit is based on a project, the building of a model automobile racer propelled by a carbon dioxide cartridge. To add interest and enthusiasm, Statewide racing competition in which students may…

The manual provides information and guidelines necessary to develop a knowledge and understanding of industry based on the belief this can best be done by studying industry. Intended for use at the junior high school level, the manual is divided into two sections. The first contains information designed to give insight into industry and the free…

The document is divided according to the four different kinds of sheets presented. The first section contains assignment sheets on 28 machine shop topics and supplementary transparencies. Included in the information presented is the title of the sheet, the unit and occupation to which it applies, the objective, reference for information,…

The purpose of the yearbook is to provide guidelines for the industrial arts facility planner. The yearbook provides a discussion of the terminology, status, and trends relevant to industrial arts education; a sequential development system for the planning of industrial arts facilities; the principles relative to the planning of facilities; the…

Discusses various types of visual impairments and how the learning environment can be adapted to limit their effect. Presents suggestions for adapting industrial arts laboratory activities to maintain safety standards while allowing the visually impaired to participate. (CH)

Each of the five units in this instructional packet contains instructions for showing students how to "read" the ruler and measure, exercises to give the student the required practice needed to become skillful at this task, and tests to determine achievement. The five units cover inch, half-inch, fourth-inch, eighth-inch and…

Designed to assist teachers in improving industrial arts programs, this resource guide lists (1) 102 sources of free instructional materials (industries and trade associations), (2) 30 equipment and supply catalogs, (3) 80 loan films costing only the price of return postage, and (4) 124 books, 5 professional journals, and 10 magazines suggested…