Describes a profile of professional development needs that was developed through a survey of 150 industrial arts/technology teachers in Minnesota. The greatest need was in the area of job environment: salary, job security, facilities and equipment, and discipline. (SK)

Including futuristic studies in a college industrial arts foundations course encourages students to consider alternate directions for the field. In a study introducing the "scenario building" technique to industrial arts education, students showed increasing interest; hopefully they can now teach with an understanding of the future's potential…

discusses the need for evaluating industrial teacher education departments in light of generated costs within a department and departmental activities through cost analyses, graduate subject matter competence, pedagogical prowess, and staff evaluation. (GR)

Describes how the objective "understanding of industry is perceived by selected high school industrial arts teachers and college department chairmen. Contains the results of a survey conducted along with a discussion of the findings. (GR)

Presentation given at a seminar on "Teaching Excellence at the Annual Industrial Arts Spring Conference (31st, Oswego, N.Y.)

A study of the efficiency of methods used to recruit industrial arts students concluded that (1) more effort should be made to increase underrepresented populations; (2) industrial arts teachers should be cultivated as recruiters; and (3) personal interests, hobbies, and exposure to secondary school industrial arts strongly influence career…

Evidence suggests that effective teachers are also effective leaders. Because leaders and teachers perform similar duties, clues for preparing better teachers can be obtained by analyzing the characteristics of effective leadership. (SK)

A leader in education enumerates today's challenges for industrial arts educators and suggests some responses that the profession can make. (Editor/TA)

In response to increasingly rapid technological changes, industrial arts teachers will have to initiate and be flexible enough to adjust to innovative curricula. (Author)

Problems often exist between industrial arts teachers who are tenured and those who are relatively new to a staff of teachers. (Author)

The national study sampled 227 public and private colleges and universities which have programs of industrial teacher education. Usable returns were received from 176. Four-fifths of the document consists of a tabulated display of questionnaire responses. The opening section of the document briefly outlines the need for information, sources of…

A brief survey of 277 Minnesota secondary technology education teachers elicited their perceptions of teacher effectiveness characteristics. Results showed that teacher effectiveness varies little across subject areas. Commonly cited characteristics are clarity, variability, enthusiasm, task orientation, patience, organization, and preparation.…

Describes a study conducted in an attempt to accumulate and analyze data on the professional activities within the field of industrial/technology education. Information on the percentage of time spent on certain tasks; the years and types of work experiences; the number of grants, publications, and presentations; and the percentage of respondents…

A survey of secondary industrial arts teachers showed little knowledge of hearing conservation methods. Although 47 percent of the teachers believed that they had acquired an occupational hearing loss, they did not use personal hearing protection. (Author)