The holistic nature of the human experience and the reality of human functioning need to be considered by the industrial arts profession; an overemphasis on psychomotor functioning to the exclusion of affect and cognition, will ultimately win the profession neither acceptance nor effectiveness. The nature of learning involves a range of…

To be meaningful in the modern world, the senior high school industrial arts program should explore the application of technology in the solution of major social, environmental, and operational problems that face mankind. The content should be relevant for all students and involve them in the problems of the present and future. University of…

The paper describes the instructional design of an industrial arts education program which emphasizes the process skills needed in applying technology to the solution of major societal problems in the future. Program elements are the unit approach, the group process, research and experimentation, and the school-community interface. (MF)

A rationale for teaching the heritage of technology points out that technology has been used to alter the environment, social institutions, and civilizations, and has a profound effect on human living. An outline for a curriculum in technical heritage shows that it should be taught with respect to three periods--the past, the present, and the…

The nature and the needs of the individual in the late 20th and 21st centuries will be influenced by a number of interrelated factors. Four such factors are environmental change, a changing society, population growth, and the individual. Each of these factors will play a prominent role in shaping future educational directions for the industrial…