This study provides a critical appraisal of intermediaries in demand-driven workforce development. In San Francisco East Bay, an emerging set of workforce intermediaries -- here called the "Skills Brokers" -- recently take issue in alleged Skills Gaps to create a cross-sector reform agenda. They seek to connect the supply and demand for…

This study examines the availability of career and technical education program areas in Tennessee high schools, concentrations (a three-or-more credit sequence in a program area) completed by 2007/08 high school graduates, and how these concentrations align with jobs in the labor market. It looks at how these outcomes differ, statewide and by…

This study examines the availability of career and technical education program areas in Tennessee high schools, concentrations (a three-or-more credit sequence in a program area) completed by 2007/08 high school graduates, and how these concentrations align with jobs in the labor market. It looks at how these outcomes differ, statewide and by…

Considered some recent developments in education. (RK)

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)

OVER 2,000 FRENCH EQUIVALENTS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES, MOST OF THEM MECHANICAL TERMS, ARE INCLUDED. PARTS OF SPEECH AND GENDER ARE NOTED. (AF)

Survey data obtained from industries and universities are summarized and analyzed from the standpoint of the Air Force's requirement for updating its military scientists and engineers.It is concluded that the wide range of innovative methods of continuing education (CE), in use or in development within selected industries and universities, can be…

The simplification of selected technologies for instructional use involves the five steps of selection, delimitation, venture analysis, prototype development, and dissemination which are outlined here for numerous products and processes. (MU)

This article discusses the need for the four year technology curriculum and its place in the technology spectrum. (JS)

Introduces a developing intelligent medium aimed at filling the gap by means of modern information technologies. Finds that the medium can be used for training purposes in the engineering sciences as well as for solving problems in industrial places. (Author/CCM)

The first part of the industrial arts curriculum guide provides brief descriptions of the program and course goals for grades K-12 and a one-page chart of program courses. Part 2 contains unit plans for grades 7-12 which provide unit descriptions, credit values, minimum class times, maximum students per class, prerequisites, and various unit…

The Technology Education Graduate Research Database (TEGRD) was designed in two parts. The first part was a 384 page bibliography of theses and dissertations from 1892-2000. The second part was an online, searchable database of graduate research completed within technology education from 1892 to the present. The primary goals of the project were:…