The industrial arts teacher, because of his industrial-technical background and the interdisciplinary relationships of his course content to that of certain other subjects in the curriculum, is often a major contributor to the school's guidance program. (Author)

Describes five vocational guidance theories and suggests that industrial arts teachers are in a unique position to re-assert the value of work and its benefits through teacher- counselor teamwork to ther students. (GR)

Explains procedure for videotape recording of operations in industry for use in classroom instruction. (GR)

Proposes that it is more useful for industrial arts/technology teacher education to adopt than to ignore the concept of liberal learning. Argues that the goals of liberal learning are not only compatible, they are complementary, useful, and necessary. Includes recommendations for selecting courses for industrial arts/technology teacher education…

Presents brief profiles of four teachers/researchers in industrial arts/technology education: Frederick Gordon Bonser, William Warner, R. Lee Hornbake, and Donald Maley. (SK)

To instruct prospective and practicing industrial education teachers to be resourceful in the classroom, the utilization of all available resources and scrap materials for constructing various models and material testing devices for industrial education classes is discussed. (LH)

Industrial teacher education students and faculty were surveyed to determine the extent to which professionalism was being taught. The 111 student and 119 faculty respondents indicated that, despite considerable faculty involvement in professional activities, topics of writing skills, program evaluation, research, and institutional involvement…

Interviews were conducted to gather responses to the question "What are the real problems of industrial arts?" Those interviewed (junior and senior high school teachers, city program supervisors, state supervisors, teacher educators, and teacher education administrators) identified the problem areas as public perceptions, content and its…

The purpose of this research was to identify factors that contribute to the decision to enroll in an industrial arts teacher education program. (Author)

A study of 229 first-semester college freshmen was conducted to determine what significant differences exist between the way in which industrial arts participants and nonparticipants view industrial arts teachers, courses, and facilities. In each of the four general categories studied, significant differences in attitudes were found to exist…

Seeks to create an awareness of the alternatives that exist for entering the teaching profession and alternatives to the traditional teacher education institutions. (JOW)

Books, magazines, films and reports from industry and government to put industrial pollution into perspective. (Editor)

Describes the qualities and talents needed in a professional teacher. (GR)