Many industrial arts, technology education, and now technology and engineering education leaders have made their mark on the technology and engineering teaching profession. Their legacy is something that members of the profession enjoy and have a responsibility to continue and build upon. This is the sixteenth in a series of articles entitled…

Many vocational education, technology education, and now technology and engineering education leaders have made their mark on the teaching profession. Their legacy is something that members of the profession enjoy and have a responsibility to continue and build upon. The Legacy Project focuses on the lives and actions of leaders who have forged…

People expected technology educators to be well informed about current events in all areas of technology. As it turns out, they often turn to them for advice outside their subject areas. High-definition television (HDTV) may be such a subject for many of them. In this article, the author provides some information on high-definition television and…

In this article, the author describes the technology education program at Southern Lehigh High School, Center Valley, Pennsylvania. The school district is presently providing an educational program known for its excellence and forward-looking perspective, which is sensitive to the changing needs of its students. Within the technology education…

An increasing variety of professional educational and training disciplines are now problem based (e.g., medicine, nursing, engineering, community health), and they may have a corresponding variety of educational objectives. However, they all have in common the use of problems in the instructional sequence. The problems may be as diverse as a…

A profile of a female industrial arts teacher at the elementary school level. (SJL)

Describes a project conducted by the Texas Education Agency to (1) develop a catalog of industrial arts and technical competencies needed by a teacher to teach all areas of industrial arts given in the approved curriculum and to (2) define and recommend guidelines for the implementation of competency testing for industrial arts. (JOW)

Realizing the need to update the curriculum and facilities, the School of Occupational and Adult Education and the College of Education at Oklahoma State University began a major revision of the industrial arts program. The curriculum development phase for technology education is addressed in this article. (JOW)

Presents practical ideas and suggestions for teacher educators, supervisors, and classroom teachers that can assist industrial arts in realizing its potential as an integral part of the public school curriculum. (CT)

Describes a proposed program model which provides a framework for an inservice program to help industrial arts teachers meet the needs of handicapped students, as well as procedures and policies for dealing with special-needs students in a district. (CT)

Self-rating procedures for industrial arts teachers are explained and methods for using them are described. The scales rate teacher concern for students and for student productivity. Ways of using the results of grid ratings are given also. (CT)

The Delaware Occupational Teacher Education Consortium is comprised of three colleges: the University of Delaware, Delaware State College, and Delaware Technical and Community College. These schools established a joint program in 1972 for preparing and certifying industrial arts, trade, and industry teachers in B.S. and M.S. degree programs. The…

Focuses on a realistic approach for generating new activity among industrial education programs. Topics included involve successful methods for approaching the private sector; advantages of involving professionals from industry; and an outline of an existing local program and guidelines to implement a similar type of program. (CT)

This article describes a project directed at preparing industrial arts teachers to better understand and teach students of different cultures, and contains segments detailing the background and how a mixture of national experts and public school officials provided direction for the project. It also describes how the materials to provide inservice…

Suggests a model of industrial education for the Arab world to help create an industrial middle class. Reviews existing Eurocentric industrial training models and proposes a synthesis of these models with Arab-Islamic culture in a kind of "industrial university," the Djamiat Al-Sinah. Illustrates the proposed curriculum with a…