Analyzes the description of letterpress printing technology in the "Encyclopedie" of Diderot and d'Alembert. Examines how the authors distilled information about mechanical arts from craft culture, the shop, and traditional apprenticeship practices. (SK)

The paper explores problems encountered in using a taxonomy of the psychomotor domain and provides instrumentation useful to structuring statements of objectives to assure well-balanced approaches to industrial and technical education. (Author/AJ)

Technology's ability to cross the border between liberal learning and practical knowledge is a compelling argument for its place in the curriculum. A review of its evolution from manual training through industrial arts to technology education provides the basis for a curriculum framework structured around the tension between technological literacy…