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Maley, Donald – Technology Teacher, 1987
The author discusses the transition of industrial arts to technology education. He covers challenges, opportunities, and potential consequences. Management and assessment of the change process is discussed. (CH)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Industrial Arts, Secondary Education
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Strong, Shawn; Kassapoglou, Michail; Dugger, John; Rudisill, Alvin – Journal of Technology Studies, 1999
Describes the following aspects of the National Association of Industrial Technology: purpose, objectives, membership, historical development, administrative organization, structure, and future directions. (SK)
Descriptors: Industrial Arts, Industry, Leadership, Professional Associations
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Dugger, William E. – Technology Teacher, 1988
The author provides a background on what technology is and how it is a discipline. He states that the mission of technology education is to prepare students to live in a technological world and to be technologically literate. (CH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Industrial Arts, Role of Education, Technological Literacy
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Balistreri, Jerry P. – Technology Teacher, 1987
The author discusses change in the context of the profession of technology education. Topics include (1) resistance to change, (2) countering resistance, (3) characteristics of change agents, and (4) factors to be considered during professional change. (CH)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Industrial Arts
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Zion, Kenneth – Technology Teacher, 1987
Discusses the legal requirements for laboratories that create hazardous wastes. Alternatives for waste disposal, including using a licensed disposal company or recycling, are proposed. (CH)
Descriptors: Hazardous Materials, Industrial Arts, Laboratory Safety, Legal Responsibility
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Avondoglio, Leo – Technology Teacher, 1987
The author discusses Environmental Protection Agency regulations concerning ventilation of industrial plants and school industrial laboratories. Various alternatives are presented. (CH)
Descriptors: Air Flow, Hazardous Materials, Industrial Arts, Laboratory Safety
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Stewart, Gordon L. – Technology Teacher, 1987
The author introduces a simple three-step formula for teaching safety awareness in technology education classes and in industry. The steps are (1) understand the hazard, (2) recognize the defense, and (3) act in time. (CH)
Descriptors: Industrial Arts, Industry, Injuries, Laboratory Safety
Selland, Larry G. – Vocational Education Journal, 1986
The author reports on the development and early implementation of a 14-unit curriculum called "Principles of Technology" for high school students. The curriculum combines science, mathematics, and vocational education concepts with basic technological literacy. (CH)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, High Schools, Industrial Arts
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1988
The Technical and Vocational Education Initiative (TVEI) pilot projects (1982-1987) in the United Kingdom produced many changes in school curricula, timetabled subjects, and enrollment in technology-related courses. The integration of technology into the curriculum within the TVEI pilot follows four principal patterns: independent projects that…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Enrollment Trends, Foreign Countries