The current industrial arts program represents a collection of courses without a clearly defined set of sequential activities leading to an over-all goal. A program is needed which will be based on understandings and principles, rather than on tools, materials, and skill development. Based on a speech delivered at the 1968 annual convention of the…

Industrial arts educators must teach students about the dwindling supply of fossil fuels and make them aware of alternative sources of energy. (Editor/TA)

Seven areas of wood technology illustrates applicable techniques, processes, and products for an industrial arts woodworking curriculum. They are: wood lamination; PEG (polyethylene glycol) diffusion processes; wood flour and/or particle molding; production product of industry; WPC (wood-plastic-composition) process; residential construction; and…

Industrial arts must be prepared to respond to the changes brought about by contemporary technological advancement. The impact that technology will have upon people and the impact of information processing upon man and his world should be of major concern to industrial arts educators. Principal areas of consideration should be the effects of…

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…

The University of Northern Iowa Department of Industrial Technology is involved in a three-phase curriculum development project along with new facility design and construction and implementation of instructional innovations. The report reflects decisions made to date in the process, including the completed phase of developing concept-based cluster…

In reviewing innovative industrial arts curriculums and suitable methods for their adoption, this report presents the major objectives of 20 innovative programs in four categories: (1) integrative programs, (2) interpretation of industry programs, (3) occupational family programs, and (4) technology-oriented programs. Materials were gathered by…

A CONFERENCE ON APPALACHIA WAS HELD TO PROVIDE FOR--(1) THE PRESENTATION OF PAPERS BY CONSULTANTS AND OTHER SPECIALISTS, (2) TOURS OF HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE INDUSTRIAL ARTS FACILITIES, AND (3) INTENSIVE COMMITTEE WORK FOR DEVELOPING PROJECTS AND PILOT PROGRAMS. AFTER THE PRESENTATION OF PAPERS, PERIODS OF TIME WERE SET ASIDE FOR QUESTIONS AND…

Cites reasons why industrial arts education should be more prominent in school programs. Discusses concepts considered important in planning curricula. Also examines ways in which industrial arts develops competence, invites human contact, encourages cooperative planning, and takes into account a person's learning styles and styles of involvement.…

Project Open is an industrial-arts curriculum development effort designed to open up opportunities for West Virginia students to study the nature of technology and its effect on man and society. (Author)

Contains a short summary of four ideas related to a discussion of the future of industrial arts education: (1) what industrial arts is, (2) what the rationale for change is, (3) what necessary conditions for change are, and (4) what industrial arts could be. (CT)

Describes an integrated metal-plastic program which was incorporated into an industrial arts curriculum at Trenton State College (New Jersey). (TA)