This report of the National Conference on Elementary School Industrial Arts (ESIA) (1969-70) deals with the nature of industrial arts in the elementary school, different approaches and requirements for its implementation, and ways of meeting and solving problems. Section 1 defines ESIA. In section 2 a discussion of philosophical bases shows how…

This curriculum guide, encompassing a total industrial arts and vocational program for grades K-12 for the Leflore County Schools, Greenwood, Mississippi, was developed by a local staff of educators. Special emphasis is given to industrial arts in grades K-6, vocational orientation in the seventh grade, introduction to modern industry in the ninth…

This monograph provides various audiences with background material necessary to the successful establishment of an elementary school industrial arts (IA) program. Chapter 1 discusses needs of children in respect to activity-based learning and addresses concerns teachers have as they move from print media instruction to an activity-based elementary…

The purpose of this two section, five-part monograph is to help teachers plan and organize instruction so that objectives of language learning may be met as part of technology activities. Its intended audiences are elementary teachers, elementary language arts consultants, technology teachers who work in a team with elementary teachers, and…

Provides educational planners with relevant, up-to-date information concerning the values and benefits of using industrial arts activities in grades K-6. Strategies for future curriculum modifications are suggested. (TA)

The bulletin was prepared as a guide for school administrators and teachers of industrial arts in the elementary and secondary schools of Mississippi. Chapter 1 discusses the philosophy and goals of arts education and defines terms used in the guide. Chapter 2 gives specific information pertaining to organizing and administering an industrial arts…

Intended to facilitate the improvement of industrial arts education in Pennsylvania, the guidelines for planning and development emphasize an interdisciplinary approach. They are aimed at professional personnel and are divided into general provisions which are applied (with changes in specific content where appropriate) to elementary, middle…

This publication reports the results of the design and development of a planning programming budgeting system for the Milford, New Hampshire, school system. The authors attempted to develop a program oriented budget rather than a line item or input oriented budget, and a model adaptable for general applications. The order of priority budgeting…

Descriptions of vocational, practical arts, and general adult education programs for an exemplary school curriculum, grades K-12 in Leflore County, Mississippi, are given in this 1969 document. Suggestions include development of an area vocational-technical school designed to supply partially the anticipated manpower needs of this rural county. It…

The two articles in this publication should be useful to those developing the kinds of materials, experiences, and thinking that elementary school industrial arts offers children. Floyd Robinson, in the first article, sketches some ideas along with the general scheme that the Ontario (Canada) Institute for Studies in Education's Elementary School…

To change a conventional, academically oriented general education school system into one whose curriculum reflects concepts of career education at all grade levels in harmony with existing teaching/learning processes, Project VIGOR staff held a teacher orientation workshop to introduce the career education concept as envisioned by Oregon's Career…

Developed by over 400 industrial arts teachers, state and local supervisors, teacher educators, and consultants, these standards are comparative statements that were developed to determine the strengths and weaknesses of industrial arts programs. While the standards were written primarily for secondary school level industrial arts programs, many…