The institute was designed to provide industrial arts teachers with updating experiences in fluid power education. It had four educational phases: technical instruction, directed field experiences, teaching strategies, and professional development. The latter involved meeting with participants in two other institutes. Twenty-one participants were…

DURING THE SUMMER OF 1966, THE U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION ENGAGED THE CONSORTIUM OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS TO CONDUCT A STUDY OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT (NDEA) INDUSTRIAL ARTS INSTITUTES THEN IN PROGRESS. TO COLLECT INFORMATION FOR PLANNING FUTURE INSTITUTES, A COMMITTEE MEMBER VISITED EACH INSTITUTE FOR 2 DAYS, AND UTILIZED A LIST OF…

THE INSTITUTE WAS HELD TO IMPROVE INSTRUCTION AND UPDATE CURRICULUM OFFERINGS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND PROCEDURES WHEREBY INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS MAY BE INTEGRATED INTO THE LABORATORY ACTIVITIES OF INDUSTRIAL ARTS PROGRAMS. THE 24 PARTICIPANTS WERE TEACHER EDUCATORS, SUPERVISORS, AND TEACHERS FROM 16 STATES. PHASE I…

The purpose of this study was to present the growth of industrial arts and vocational education in Texas. The growth of industrial arts from the sloyd system, through manual training, to the present position is included. The study was hampered somewhat by the fact that statistics and information in industrial arts education in Texas are very much…

The 30th annual American Industrial Arts Association (AIAA) Convention was held in Minneapolis in 1968. Topics for the AIAA general session addresses were: (1) "A Fresh Look at Industrial Arts," (2) "New Curricular Concepts," (3) "Making Education Relevant," (4) "Industrial Arts in an Educational System for the Seventies," (5) "New Concepts in…

This 1979 supplemental update of "Operation Resource: Abstracts of Current Curriculum Development Activities in Industrial Arts Teacher Education" contains twenty-six two-page abstracts, each including title of activity, department/division, institution/organization, city and state, director(s) of activity, dates initiated and concluded,…

A Title I/ESEA summer project for educationally deprived children (K-6) in Wichita, Kansas, is described and evaluated. One major objective of the project was reading improvement. Other objectives included improving the children's verbal functions, self-image, attitude toward school and education, daily attendance, physical and nutritional health,…

This 1977 supplemental update of "Operation Resource: Abstracts of Current Curriculum Development Activities in Industrial Arts Teacher Education," (ED 126 265) contains twenty-six two-page abstracts, each including title of activity, department/division, institution/organization, city and state, director(s) of activity, dates initiated and…

This descriptive and evaluative report covers a National Defense Education Act, Title XI, summer institute which was attended by 24 industrial arts teachers, supervisors, and teacher educators from 15 states. The objectives of the institute were to teach information about industrial materials and to allow participants to develop instructional and…

The purpose of this pilot program was to test a method of orienting and recruiting high school seniors as prospective industrial arts teachers. Students in grade 11 were identified by contacting administrators, guidance personnel, and industrial arts teachers in 35 Virginia high schools. From these contacts 48 students from 13 schools were…

Information is provided in this report on existing career-related resources in Boston, and on what can be done to further the implementation of career exploration programs. Section 1 provides the historical and policy context for the information, analyses and recommendations. Section 2 describes national developments and strategies for…

A Title I/ESEA project designed and conducted to meet the needs of educationally deprived children (K-12) in Wichita, Kansas, is described and evaluated. The major focus of the project was on improvements in reading, but additional objectives included improving the children's verbal functions, self-image, attitude toward school and education,…

"Consumer Education in Lincoln High School" was prepared by the Consumer Education Committee, faculty members of the school. The document presents a series of teacher-prepared case studies of Lincoln High School's consumer education program and how consumer education has been integrated into the following departments: business education,…

An assessment team of three industrial arts educators was sent to Utah to evaluate the Industrial Arts Career Exploration (IACE) program. Since its inception in 1975, the program has been implemented in thirty-eight of the state's middle and junior high schools. The major objectives of IACE are to reorient and expand the curriculum of the…