Most companies need a steady stream of talent to enter, then move up in, the organization. But at most companies, the care and feeding of that talent stream is often a bit fragmented; recruitment is largely an HR function, while succession planning--to the extent there is any--is left in the hands of executive leadership. Development of the…

The model of agricultural and industrial education for African Americans in the United States was created by Samuel Chapman Armstrong, founder of Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute. Armstrong developed a paternal approach to educating African Americans and developed the Hampton Institute curriculum with moral education as its base. Booker…

Includes a review and examination of comprehensive planning guides for industrial education in use on the state level in the United States and Canada. Discusses the documentation of industrial education, substantiating the inconsistency in the definition and the use of the term itself. (JOW)

Discusses the history of federal support to vocational education from 1906 to the present. (JOW)

Focusing on students' responses to an 1876 writing assignment at Illinois Industrial University (which would ultimately become the University of Illinois), the author analyzes ideological tensions that occurred as the United States found itself revising the pastoral image of the farmer in an increasingly industrial age. (Contains 9 notes.)

Several intermediate performance objectives and corresponding criterion measures are listed for each of the three categories (American Industries Orientation, Agriculture, and Construction) included in this first of a two-volume course guide on American industries. The materials were developed for a 9- to 12-week course for seventh grade students…

Several intermediate performance objectives and corresponding criterion measures are listed for each of the three categories (Manufacturing, Graphic Communication, and Power) included in this second of a two-volume course guide on American industries. The materials were developed for a 9- to 12-week course for seventh grade students to acquaint…

The historical evolution of vocational education is discussed in an attempt to show that obvious comparisons can be drawn between the industrial education movement and debate of American educational history and the concepts of career education today. The document covers the period from the mid-1800's to the present. Major factors influencing the…

This article describes the historical development and philosophy of the social settlement movement, and its subsequent influence on the industrial arts/technology education movement. Examines the English origins of the movement, its development in the United States, the Speyer School, Teachers College at Columbia University, and the movement's…

Describes the context, problems, a potential solution, and needed research for planning education for work in the U.S. Focuses on educational programs funded under vocational education legislation in the U.S., although the factors discussed apply to planning education for work under many delivery systems in the U.S. (CT)

The rich heritage that is industrial arts' cannot be the mainstay of contemporary educational concerns. Industrial technology content, well considered, organized, and taught will enable industrial arts to continue to enrich the life of our society. (Editor)

Reports a national survey of the information needs of, and information sources used by, curriculum developers concerned with industrial arts and trade and industrial education. (Editor/TA)

To identify trends in the changing pattern in course offerings and enrollments in industrial-arts education, data from "Summary of Offerings and Enrollments in Public Secondary Schools, 1972-73" are compared with data from "Industrial Arts Education, A Survey of Programs, Teachers, Students, and Curriculum, 1962-63." (HD)

This manuscript was prepared after the author spent a year in Germany studying the problems of vocational education with special reference to the application of German methods in American schools. The author discusses in a clear and concise manner four interesting and important problems in vocational education in Germany, about which there is need…