The importance of adding industrial arts to Public Law 92-318 and its becoming part of the Vocational Education Act is commented upon. The entire portion of the Federal Register relating to this legislation is published in this article. (AG)

Described is a 1972 study investigating industrial arts teacher preparation policies, the purpose of industrial arts, the curriculum taught to prospective teachers, the physical layout of the schools, and equipment and staffing policies. (Author/AG)

A shop instructor with 25 years of teaching carpentry and cabinetmaking shares his philosophy on running a productive shop, tying his theories to accepted principles of individualized instruction. (Editor/HD)

Modification of materials is proposed as an alternative to compiling materials from scratch or using packaged materials just as they are without considering local needs. A Product Suitability Model'' and a list of Product Assessment Criteria'' are provided. (AG)

A variety of activities involving industrial arts and vocational education are underway in many States to make the impact of Federal legislation more effective. (EA)

Provides guidelines for involving and motivating underachievers in the industrial arts laboratory. (SB)

A summary is presented of the issues and concerns discussed and the recommendations made by the American Vocational Association's (AVA) Industrial Arts Division Policy Committee during its meeting at the 1975 AVA Convention. (AJ)

Two carefully planned programs operating within traditional classroom frameworks, have been unusually successful. The first, developed in Stoughton, Massachusetts, a lower middle-class community in the Boston area, uses a field-based approach. The second, initiated in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, an upper middle-class suburb of Philadelphia, employs a…

Discusses the development of the New Cooperative Industrial Arts Tests which are designed for use at the junior high school level. (SB)

A joint project of several Oregon educational facilities to develop outlines for five alternative exploratory industrial career development programs grades 7 through 10, is described, according to the objectives of each of its three years. (AG)

Discussed are the differing goals of vocational and general education, the latter including industrial arts. Though not a vocational subject, industrial arts contributes to the purposes of vocational education, and the Education Amendments of 1976 permit spending of vocational education money for industrial arts programs. Suggestions are offered…

William Pierce, Acting Executive Deputy Commissioner of Education, is heartened by the definition of industrial arts in the new legislation. It opens a broad role for industrial arts (IA) in guidance and counseling, he tells members of the industrial arts division of the American Vocational Association convention. (Editor/HD)