This is the 1974-75 progress report of Project Open at Cox Landing Junior High School in Cabell County, West Virginia. The first chapter contains a description of the Project Open concept and is followed, in chapter two, by a statement of purpose which declares that the project was established to create a uniform program in the fine and practical…

Practical arts (home economics and industrial arts), art, and music (PAM) were recombined into sixteen new elective courses to give early secondary pupils greater exposure to these areas using central themes and allowing considerable flexibility in programing. (MS)

To expose students at a parish school to practical living skills, Tuesday afternoons were set aside for mini-courses in cooking, auto mechanics, crafts, etc. Parents were recruited as volunteer teachers. This article mainly describes the sewing course designed and taught by the author. (SJL)

Curriculum-based vocational assessment (CBVA) determines the appropriate vocational program placement for middle school special needs students, monitors progress, and assists transition. The Practical Arts Evaluation System at Shawnee Mission Schools (Kansas) is a CBVA that uses skills in business, home economics, and technology education. (SK)

Title IX has significant implications for overcoming generations of inequality in the educational opportunities that have been afforded to females. The sex-desegregation of industrial arts and home economics was examined to measure the impact of Title IX on the occupational potential of seventh-grade girls and boys. In the experimental condition,…

The article discusses the benefits of craft, design, and technology (CDT) activities for children with special educational needs. Activities such as craftwork can contribute to improved motor skills, self-image, and basic language and math skills. CDT teachers are encouraged to adapt their teaching methods and styles to meet special needs. (JW)

Deliberately patterned on the recommendations of the Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development, Hellgate Middle School (Montana) teaches practical skills to promote critical thinking, teamwork, and decision-making skills; uses computer-assisted learning to allow student exploration and individualized learning; includes an interdisciplinary…

This unit utilizes an interdisciplinary approach to economics education for children in middle school. The focus is on consumer awareness and there are four sections of learning activities and suggestions, one for each of the core disciplines: language arts, social studies, science, and math. The unit gives students experiences with concepts…

This guide contains standards designed to encourage local educational agencies to redesign consumer home economics programs to meet the present and future needs of students and adults in the 1980s and 1990s. A procedure is suggested for using them in redesign or development of new and innovative articulated programs. The standards include nine…

Since schools seem to exist for the purpose of preparing students for more schooling rather than assisting youth to cope effectively with life problems, schools should be reorganized to include a large segment of practical arts experience that provides both a broadening and humanizing effect as well as to allow for the development of the…

This guide outlines the basic, developmental, and extension skills that should be covered in practical arts courses (for grades 7 and 8) presented within the framework of agricultural, business, home economics, and industrial arts/technology education programs. The first section lists practical arts skills related to the following areas of…

Designed to be incorporated into career exploration programs in grades 6-9, this nontraditional occupations unit is a component in the Think Nontraditional Series curriculum and is prepared in a competency-based format. The reading level is approximately seventh grade. A course introduction section contains description and purpose of the…

This manual provides curriculum materials for implementing a career exploration class in marine science occupations within a Practical Arts Education program for middle/junior high school students. Introductory materials include the program master sequence, a list of marine science occupations, and an overview of the competency-based instructional…

This manual provides curriculum materials for implementing a career exploration class in marketing and distribution occupations within a Practical Arts Education program for middle/junior high school students. Introductory materials include the program master sequence, a list of marketing and distribution occupations, and an overview of the…

This manual provides curriculum materials for implementing a career exploration class in construction occupations within a Practical Arts Education program for middle/junior high school students. Introductory materials include the program master sequence, a list of construction occupations, and an overview of the competency-based instructional…