Industrial education today must address the basic skills necessary to control and understand the manufacturing process. Machining, welding, and a common-sense knowledge of mechanics are needed. (JOW)

The future effectiveness of trade and industrial (T&I) education programs can be increased by reforms in teacher education, collaboration with national support agencies, and taking advantage of technological and instructional advances. Among the important teacher education reforms are the following: (1) teacher preparation should include liberal…

An Editor's Note and three presentations are included: "Balancing Traditions and Contemporary Needs" (G. Eugene Martin); "The Historic Role of the Mississippi Valley Industrial Teacher Education Conference" (Rupert N. Evans); and "The National Association of Industrial and Technical Teacher Educators" (Scott D.…

Responds to five articles on various aspects of tenure and promotion procedures, criteria, requirements, and responsibilities. (JOW)

Discusses the definition of technology from a philosophical perspective. Presents a rationale for philosophical analysis; discusses a formal typology of technology; and considers implications for industrial education. (Author/JOW)

Discusses (1) the historical basis for tenure and promotion practices, (2) the relationship between tenure and promotion and human resource management, and (3) the related issues of importance to industrial education. (JOW)

Six principles of curriculum planning in an age of technological change are (1) teach basic principles, (2) teach students to adapt, (3) teach students to be researchers, (4) teach interaction with technology, (5) teach effective communication, and (6) teach problem solving. (SK)

Reviews the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142) to assist teachers in understanding their rights and obligations regarding handicapped students. (JOW)

Among the most important industrial education research topics as ranked by an editorial board are the following: research issues in the 1980s, faculty development, teacher shortage, criteria for evaluating vocational programs, and validation of criterion-referenced measures. (SK)

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

This issue describes the role that polytechnical education is to play in the reformed school program of the Soviet Union. The changes add labor-based activity to academic classroom study, field trips to observe labor enterprises, and hands-on job training. (JDH)

Raises issues regarding inclusion of industrial technology educators in the membership of the National Association of Industrial and Technical Teacher Educators and proposes actions that would not compromise the organization's integrity. (SK)

The hidden curriculum of industrial education is the culture of the industrial workplace. Socialization into unions and accepted workplace behaviors are a product of racial, class-bound, and gendered assumptions in a male culture of work and must be taken into account by industrial educators. (SK)

Discusses the effects of the teacher educational reform proposals on industrial teacher education. Indicates that additional information is needed before wholesale program modifications can be implemented. (JOW)

Focuses on four issues: (1) recruitment of faculty members, (2) employing organizations' responsibilities, (3) supervisor's role, and (4) challenges for professional associations. (JOW)