Observations were made on the characteristics of students, teachers, and curricula of the industrial-technical programs of Michigan junior colleges. Of the 138 teachers, 75 were employed by five colleges, 50% had a master's degree, many had a BA in industrial arts, 65% had up to 12 semester hours in teaching methods, the median for subject matter…

RESPONSES FROM 60 PERCENT OF 190 APPLIANCE DISTRIBUTORS, RETAILERS, AND SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS SURVEYED BY QUESTIONNAIRE SHOWED THAT THERE WAS A NEED FOR TRAINED TECHNICAL PERSONNEL, WHO SHOULD HAVE SPECIAL SKILLS AND TRAINING AT THE POST-HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. NEED FOR PRE-EMPLOYMENT AND POST-ENTRY TRAINING PROGRAMS WAS INDICATED. ORGANIZATIONS…

THE TITLES, INSTITUTIONS, RESEARCHERS, AND DATES ARE GIVEN FOR 341 STUDIES OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION UNDERTAKEN IN MICHIGAN FROM 1937 TO 1963. THE RESEARCH, SURVEYS, ANALYSES, AND EVALUATIONS WERE CARRIED OUT BY THE STAFF OF THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AND BY FACULTY MEMBERS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS OF EIGHT MICHIGAN INSTITUTIONS OF…

THE PROPOSED PROGRAM TO IMPROVE INDUSTRIAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION WILL FUNCTION ON THREE LEVELS--UNIVERSITY, COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND HIGH SCHOOL. IN GRADES 9 AND 10, THE PROGRAM WILL CONSIST OF A STUDY OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY. IN GRADES 11 AND 12, THERE WILL BE A 2-YEAR SEQUENCE OF FOUR MAJOR COURSES IN ENGLISH, SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND…

TO DETERMINE OPTIMUM HIGH SCHOOL PREPARATION FOR STUDENTS ASPIRING TO COLLEGE-LEVEL, INDUSTRIALLY ORIENTED, TECHNICAL PROGRAMS AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH HIGH SCHOOL GUIDANCE SERVICES ARE ACQUAINTING STUDENTS WITH CAREERS IN SEMIPROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS, QUESTIONNAIRES WERE MAILED TO COUNSELORS OF SELECTED HIGH SCHOOLS AND TO COMMUNITY…

With the aim of developing a better basis for industrial education curricula as part of career education, 12 cluster plans found in the recent literature are described in the first half of the document. Each description indicates target population, grade level, and the career clusters included, to suggest the plan's comprehensiveness and its…

This report is composed of a series of abstracts describing innovative/exemplary activities in industrial education in Michigan. The activities included (1) projects which invent a creative solution to a problem; (2) projects which demonstrate an exemplary program suitable for widespread use or a model to emulate; and (3) adoption of an exemplary…

SIX COUNTIES IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE LOWER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN WERE STUDIED TO DETERMINE NEEDED VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND TO PROPOSE A FEASIBLE PLAN FOR THESE PROGRAMS. A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS COLLECTED DATA THROUGH SURVEYS, INTERVIEWS, GROUP MEETINGS, AND INSPECTION OF FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. TABLES AND DATA SHOW--(1)…

In this report, the Education Commissioner discusses the office's work, with a list of its publications. The Commissioner of Education also presents summary data and discussion on the census related to education and on illiteracy among minors as taken from the census; school age, population, enrollment, and attendance; teacher workforce, salaries,…