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)

The current industrial arts program represents a collection of courses without a clearly defined set of sequential activities leading to an over-all goal. A program is needed which will be based on understandings and principles, rather than on tools, materials, and skill development. Based on a speech delivered at the 1968 annual convention of the…

The industrial arts teacher can help develop more viable pre-vocational educational programs for students in the general school curriculum and also obtain additional funds for industrial arts programs. The relevant legislation is quoted and guidelines are offered to teachers wishing to help initiate such a pre-vocational phase in their schools.…

This is the first of several articles to highlight outstanding teachers. It presents a profile of Grier Yoder, graphic arts teacher and chairman of the vocational education department at Hunter Huss High School, Gastonia, North Carolina. Included in the profile are his development of facilities and students, and his many awards. (MF)

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 report is one of a series of nine reports of Project ACTIVE (Attaining Competence for Teaching in Vocational Education), a project categorized into three sections: (1) Teaching Components--Cooperative Vocational Education, Industrial Arts, Trade and Industrial, Vocational Business Education, (2) Leadership…

The results of a survey of 1,002 Taiwanese industrial teachers were used to (1) identify teachers' competencies; (2) determine the credit number of technical courses for qualified industrial teachers; (3) determine degree and the length of work experience of qualified industrial teachers; (4) develop recommendations for designing industrial…

An investigation was made of the status of the teaching of practical subjects (industrial arts) in Zambia primary schools. Lecturers and students at teachers' colleges and primary school personnel agreed to interviews and responded to questionnaires which sought to identify problems in teaching vocational subjects. Information and data were sought…

To determine what type of maintenance training the prospective industrial arts teacher should receive in the woodworking area and how this information should be taught, a research instrument was constructed using information obtained from a review of relevant literature. Specific data on machine tool maintenance was gathered by the use of two…

An inservice training program was implemented at the Erie County Technical School in Pennsylvania to familiarize school shop teachers with the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) so they could use it as a tool to develop relevant competency-based vocational education (CBVE) programs. Addressed during the inservice were the following topics:…

A survey was taken of industrial arts students, parents, teachers, and administrators in Virginia to determine how they perceived secondary industrial arts programs and objectives. Researchers administered a questionnaire to a sample of 32 middle schools and 25 senior high schools over a spectrum of urban, suburban, and rural areas. A total of 883…

As a result of the concern for minority and disadvantaged students' ability to relate the values and culture promulgated in schools to their own culture, a training program conducted in three school districts attempted to improve the attitudes and behaviors of teachers and counselors toward these students. A research study was conducted to (1)…

This report contains an analysis of data collected during Phase 1 (spring 1979) of a project to develop and validate standards for industrial arts education programs. These data detail responses to four instruments devised by the project to survey fifty-four state and territorial supervisors of industrial arts and 2,235 public school principals,…