The author discusses possible alternatives for the Industrial Arts Curriculum in a futuristic world where mass information, mass travel, and global interaction are commonplace. (Editor/HD)

Two carefully planned programs operating within traditional classroom frameworks, have been unusually successful. The first, developed in Stoughton, Massachusetts, a lower middle-class community in the Boston area, uses a field-based approach. The second, initiated in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, an upper middle-class suburb of Philadelphia, employs a…

Vocational student organizations are providing an indispensable element in manpower training, and if vocational educators can't see it, industry can. (Editor)

Choose three child care centers as project--make toys, shelves and signs, using skills acquired during year. (Editor)

William Pierce, Acting Executive Deputy Commissioner of Education, is heartened by the definition of industrial arts in the new legislation. It opens a broad role for industrial arts (IA) in guidance and counseling, he tells members of the industrial arts division of the American Vocational Association convention. (Editor/HD)

Industrial Education is attempting to bring all of its components into an integrated effort to provide continuous growth for students. Six concepts basic to this attempt are vertical articulation, horizontal correlation, individual alternatives, common decision-making base, appropriate learning outcomes, and flexibility. (Author/KP)

Presents a framework from which recommendations can be made for the orchestration of vocational education with industrial training. Principles and practices of industry training are outlined which in many cases are radically different from those of vocational education schools programs. (HD)

The cooperative scheme at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, for seven years has been turning out academically-minded technicians for industry, and competent teachers for industrial education. (Author/AJ)

At north Arundel Vo-Tech in Maryland a well-organized safety program involves the entire school staff--plus Maryland Occupational Health and Safety Act. Strict enforcement of safety violations keeps everyone safety conscious--including the administration and custodial staff. (Editor/HD)