Industrial arts programs must be upgraded to reflect our highly industrial and technological world. The quality of industrial arts teachers must be improved. Ways to reach this goal include the restructuring of teacher education programs and the development of internship programs. (JOW)

The article discusses the need for industrial arts teachers to have an understanding of the sources, conversion, control, transmission, and utilization of power and energy, and outlines a proposed scope and sequence in power and energy technology in an industrial arts education college curriculum. (MF)

The principal objective of this research was to obtain information to make a comparison of the rank order placement of statements of purpose for industrial arts, as determined by the department chairpersons of the colleges/universities throughout the United States whose graduates are certified to teach industrial arts, with the results of the…

This is a report on the curriculum research and teacher education program development project conducted at Stout State University and supported initially by Ford Foundation funds and a grant from the U.S. Office of Education. (GB)